Carrier profile · USDOT 3650507 · MC-1258103 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TRC FREIGHT INC

80 power unitsavg 8.7 yrNational · 39 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1258103 ACTIVE
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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 27.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 127 vehicle and 298 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.0% · 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 7.7 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

286 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 22

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
≈1.9 / 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
80
Inspections · 24 mo
298
Annualized
≈149 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
82%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
72%
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 Driving83 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 32 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 16 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance27 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

37ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
19False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 12 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20255035
20242012
20235035
20223103
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 25, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 21, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 14, 2026TN03Yes
Mar 8, 2026LA00Yes
Feb 12, 2026MD00Yes
Nov 24, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 22, 2025DE02Yes
Jun 20, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 2, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 9, 2025MS02Yes
Dec 10, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 5, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 19, 2023AL01Yes
Jul 19, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 17, 2023CO01Yes
May 21, 2023MO00Yes
Jan 20, 2023NM03Yes
Nov 7, 2022AR00Yes
Sep 19, 2022GA10Yes
Jan 24, 2022NC00Yes