Carrier profile · USDOT 570328 · MC-278140 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Trail Lines Inc

43 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 29 statesSANTA FE SPRINGS, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278140 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstraillines.comFMCSA SAFER

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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 132 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.8% · 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 7.6 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

134 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 12

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 43-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 58 total · 3 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253022
20241001
20231001
20222012
20212012
20204004
20192011
20182012
20174014
20161001
20152002
20141001
20132002
20124014
20101001
20092012
20078048
20064014
20053003
20041001
20031001
20022002
20012012
20001001
19972112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 10, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 24, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 25, 2025TX01No
Aug 2, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 7, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 8, 2022MI03Yes
Jan 16, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 31, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 16, 2021MD02Yes
Sep 24, 2020WA00Yes
Feb 29, 2020GA00Yes
Feb 10, 2020CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2020AZ00Yes
Nov 1, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 25, 2019NY01No
Oct 5, 2018VT01Yes
Apr 28, 2018AZ00Yes
Nov 17, 2017OR00Yes
Jun 13, 2017IL00Yes
Jun 7, 2017TX01Yes
Apr 4, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 24, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 27, 2015NM00Yes
Aug 26, 2015NM00Yes
Aug 19, 2014FL00Yes