Carrier profile · USDOT 385886 · MC-229775 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Transportation Charter Services Inc

0 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 7 statesORANGE, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-229775 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 0.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 186 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

182 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 39

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
.09measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.40 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 5 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20244233
20232012
20223033
20183003
20163013
20151001
20102011
20081011
20072002
20061011
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 26, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 21, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 2, 2024CA01No
Oct 27, 2024AZ23Yes
Jun 26, 2024CA13Yes
May 18, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 13, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2023CA01Yes
Dec 29, 2022CA01Yes
Nov 16, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 13, 2022CA01Yes
Oct 13, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 9, 2018MT00Yes
Mar 23, 2018CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2016CA01Yes
Aug 22, 2016OR00Yes
Jul 3, 2016FL00Yes
Nov 7, 2015CA00Yes
Dec 29, 2010CA00Yes
May 26, 2010CA01No
Apr 17, 2008CA01Yes
Aug 7, 2007CA00Yes
Feb 16, 2007CA00Yes
Oct 20, 2006CA01Yes