TATOM'S AUTO TRANSPORT INC 100

TOM'S AUTO TRANSPORT INC Safety Record

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 15.4% (24-mo)13 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3% (24-mo)19 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

10.0% now▼ Improving

Trailing rate down 5.8 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
17%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 392.5 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 26 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 8 total · 0 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231010
20222011
20191001
20141010
20133033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
12/14/2023TX01No
02/04/2022LA02No
01/27/2022TX00Yes
04/15/2019TX00Yes
02/17/2014OK01No
06/13/2013OK03Yes
04/24/2013OK01Yes
04/16/2013TX01Yes