TRI-STATE COMMODITIES INC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
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
- 43
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 66
- Annualized
- ≈33 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving36
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3
ELD & hours-of-service
24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/27/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 47 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/27/2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/17/2025 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/27/2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/21/2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/06/2022 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/04/2020 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/02/2019 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/21/2019 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/07/2018 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/05/2017 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/22/2017 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/25/2017 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/02/2017 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/13/2016 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/30/2014 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/15/2014 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/30/2011 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/31/2011 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/15/2010 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/24/2006 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/29/2004 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/07/2004 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/08/2003 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 08/25/2003 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/24/2003 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |