Carrier profile · USDOT 3516204 · MC-1165496 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TRIDENT LOGISTICS INC

24 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 21 statesFONTANA, CA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1165496 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 22.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 19.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 83 vehicle and 133 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 19.9 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

133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 12

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
≈2.9 / 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
24
Inspections · 24 mo
141
Annualized
≈71 / yr
Coverage
≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
99%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
85%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
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 Driving67 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance42 · 18 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance23 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 19 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

130 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

68ELD device issues
25No log / no ELD
13False logs
22Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 7 total · 5 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254014
20232012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2026MO00Yes
Nov 30, 2025SC02Yes
Aug 25, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 20, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 26, 2025AZ00Yes
Apr 26, 2023MO01Yes
Apr 3, 2023CT00Yes