Carrier profile · USDOT 2183286 · MC-758055 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TRANS LINE LLC

DBA TRANSLINELLC

52 power unitsavg 7.6 yrMulti-region · 12 statesOLATHE, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-758055 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 18.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 116 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.6 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

115 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 9

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 52-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
52
Inspections · 24 mo
116
Annualized
≈58 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 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.

5ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 40 total · 7 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254014
20242012
20232012
20225005
20213003
20201001
20197047
20183003
20172012
20163023
20154133
20132012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 6, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 24, 2026OK00Yes
Oct 15, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 11, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 11, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 11, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 26, 2024OK02Yes
Jul 11, 2023KS02Yes
Jan 26, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 23, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 12, 2022TN00Yes
Sep 19, 2022TN00Yes
Aug 28, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 7, 2022OK00Yes
Nov 22, 2021IN00Yes
May 18, 2021OK00Yes
Apr 26, 2021KS00Yes
May 15, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 30, 2019MO00Yes
Oct 14, 2019IL03Yes
Sep 24, 2019MO00Yes
Jun 2, 2019MO01Yes
Mar 7, 2019MO02Yes
Feb 13, 2019IN00Yes