Carrier profile · USDOT 595515 · MC-288800 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Townes Trucking Inc

7 power unitsavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesCOFFEEVILLE, MS68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-288800 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 17.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.3 pts 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 3

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
3False logs
7Drove over hours

Crash history· 25 total · 1 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20221001
20182002
20171011
20162002
20091001
20071001
20063023
20043003
20032012
20022012
20012012
20001001
19982002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 18, 2024MS00Yes
Jun 1, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 19, 2018MS00Yes
Jun 13, 2018AL00Yes
Oct 10, 2017SC02Yes
Apr 7, 2016OH00Yes
Mar 31, 2016MD00Yes
Oct 18, 2009IA00Yes
Oct 12, 2007TN00Yes
Nov 14, 2006MO01Yes
Mar 2, 2006AR01Yes
Jan 30, 2006TN00Yes
Oct 22, 2004NC00Yes
May 9, 2004MS00Yes
Jan 20, 2004MS00Yes
Sep 25, 2003MS00Yes
Jan 31, 2003TN03Yes
Jul 26, 2002MS00Yes
May 31, 2002MS01Yes
Nov 6, 2001FL00Yes
Sep 17, 2001MS04Yes
Jun 13, 2000MS00Yes
Jun 4, 1998MS00Yes
Mar 16, 1998AR00Yes