Tri-coast Carriers LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
200 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 18
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 66
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 204
- Annualized
- ≈102 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Maintenance77 · 14 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving54 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 5 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 29 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 16 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 4 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 71 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2026 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2024 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2023 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2022 | TX | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2021 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2020 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2020 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2020 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |