Carrier profile · USDOT 229132 · MC-149576 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Trans American Trucking Service Inc

57 power unitsavg 10.8 yrNational · 22 statesSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-149576 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 6.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 254 vehicle and 281 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.4% · 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

277 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 23

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
2.5 / 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
57
Inspections · 24 mo
281
Annualized
141 / yr
Coverage
2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 59 total · 2 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241001
20232002
20224004
20212002
20203023
20193013
20182012
20173123
20161001
20152002
20141010
20131001
20122002
20114014
20101001
20082002
20061001
20043012
20032012
20022012
20011001
20004004
19982012
19972022
19952012
19942011
19922010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2025NJ00Yes
Jan 27, 2025NJ03Yes
Apr 19, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 10, 2023LA00Yes
Feb 17, 2023DE00Yes
Nov 9, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 31, 2022NJ00Yes
Apr 9, 2022VA00Yes
Jan 18, 2022NY00Yes
Apr 19, 2021WI00Yes
Apr 6, 2021OH00Yes
Mar 29, 2020NC01Yes
Mar 17, 2020NJ00Yes
Jan 10, 2020PA01Yes
Jul 16, 2019NJ00Yes
May 20, 2019DE00Yes
Mar 8, 2019NJ01Yes
Dec 10, 2018IL01Yes
Jun 12, 2018NJ00Yes
Aug 1, 2017PA10Yes
May 22, 2017OK01Yes
Mar 3, 2017PA04Yes
Jun 17, 2016NY00Yes
Dec 3, 2015NJ00Yes
Jan 21, 2015PA00Yes