Carrier profile · USDOT 260968 · MC-184249 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TRANSCO LINES INC

565 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 37 statesRUSSELLVILLE, AR81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-184249 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstranscolines.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 29.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 662 vehicle and 1,327 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.1% · 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 4.2 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

1,263 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 69

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 565-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
565
Inspections · 24 mo
1,327
Annualized
≈664 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving508 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance224 · 203 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance95 · 31 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance85 · 34 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance78 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance67 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance49 · 32 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance49 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

181 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

122ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
11False logs
24Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 540 total · 52 in 24 mo

540
Total crashes
52
In last 24 mo
21
Fatal
200
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269039
20253211131
2024310531
2023300730
2022311730
2021231823
2020190419
2019252925
20182221122
2017232822
20162901229
20153511332
2014141713
2013200720
2012151513
2011141614
2010100610
2009140613
2008170915
20076025
20067045
2005152615
2004150415
20037127
2002141414
2001121510
20005035
1999121611
1998101610
19975145
19967037
19954034
19941001
19934032
19923011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 30, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 17, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 13, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2026OH00Yes
Feb 17, 2026PA02Yes
Jan 29, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2026WV02Yes
Jan 8, 2026GA01Yes
Dec 12, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 5, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 17, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 7, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 29, 2025TN01Yes
Oct 26, 2025OK01Yes
Sep 17, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 12, 2025OK01Yes
Aug 27, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 22, 2025MS01Yes
Aug 12, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 11, 2025FL01No
Aug 6, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 5, 2025OH01Yes
Jul 22, 2025MS00Yes
Jul 22, 2025TN00Yes