Carrier profile · USDOT 290241 · MC-180717 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

TRIPLE G EXPRESS INC

98 power unitsavg 13.8 yrRegional · 3 statesJEFFERSON, LA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-180717 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstriplegexpress.comFMCSA SAFER

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 92 vehicle and 144 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 11.1 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

138 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 10

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 98-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
144
Annualized
≈72 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 110 total · 10 in 24 mo

110
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
60
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256035
20242012
20236016
20216036
20203023
20196036
20186056
20175034
20164024
20155044
20146036
20138057
20124033
20118068
20106046
20081001
20073003
20064024
20052012
20043012
20031001
20022022
20001001
19994024
19981011
19972012
19961001
19941011
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026LA00Yes
Feb 9, 2026LA00Yes
Nov 7, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 30, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 24, 2025LA01Yes
Apr 28, 2025LA01Yes
Apr 15, 2025LA01No
Apr 7, 2025LA00Yes
Dec 16, 2024LA05Yes
Oct 14, 2024LA00Yes
Dec 19, 2023LA00Yes
Dec 7, 2023LA00Yes
Nov 16, 2023LA00Yes
Oct 17, 2023LA00Yes
Aug 17, 2023LA02Yes
Jul 27, 2023LA00Yes
Dec 28, 2021LA00Yes
Sep 20, 2021LA01Yes
May 24, 2021LA00Yes
May 13, 2021LA01Yes
Apr 7, 2021LA00Yes
Feb 3, 2021LA01Yes
Aug 28, 2020LA01Yes
Feb 14, 2020LA00Yes
Jan 24, 2020LA02Yes