Carrier profile · USDOT 3440818 · MC-1117463 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Top Notch Truckers Inc

32 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 31 statesCUYAHOGA FLS, OH81/100
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Safety

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· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 23.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 130 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

12.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

115 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 13

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
130
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving75 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 30 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
2Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 15 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20255005
2024121512
20238048
20225044
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 30, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 3, 2026TX00Yes
May 19, 2026IN03Yes
May 6, 2026OK00Yes
Jun 28, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 11, 2025AR00Yes
May 21, 2025KY00Yes
Apr 7, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 23, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 1, 2024AZ00Yes
Sep 27, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 13, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 5, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 15, 2024AZ00Yes
Aug 15, 2024LA01Yes
Jul 12, 2024NM11Yes
Jun 13, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 8, 2024TX01Yes
Feb 11, 2024MO01Yes
Jan 28, 2024VT00Yes
Jan 22, 2024OK00Yes
Dec 18, 2023NJ00Yes
Oct 24, 2023AL00Yes
Oct 16, 2023LA01Yes
Oct 5, 2023WV01Yes