TROUT TRUCKING COMPANY 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

Vehicle OOS 13.2% (24-mo)334 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9% (24-mo)345 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

14.7% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 5.5 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 176-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
176
Inspections · 24 mo
345
Annualized
173 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance65 · 11 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving64
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 18 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance11

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 05/03/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 165 total · 12 in 24 mo

165
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
77
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262020
20256044
20249038
20236046
20224114
20216026
20204004
20199158
2018120510
20177057
20169038
201510179
20145015
20138047
20124023
20116135
20107067
20091011
20084024
20078047
20066036
20057027
20042002
20033012
20024004
20016026
20004014
19996045
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
04/29/2026TX01No
04/21/2026TX01No
11/26/2025TX00Yes
11/05/2025TX00Yes
10/28/2025TX01No
06/17/2025TX01No
05/02/2025TX01Yes
02/25/2025TX01Yes
11/12/2024TX01Yes
11/12/2024TX00Yes
10/26/2024TX00Yes
10/06/2024TX00Yes
06/09/2024TX01Yes
05/15/2024TX01No
04/29/2024TX00Yes
04/04/2024TX00Yes
03/20/2024TX00Yes
12/14/2023TX01Yes
08/22/2023AR00Yes
07/18/2023TX01Yes
06/09/2023TX01Yes
05/05/2023TX01Yes
01/18/2023TX00Yes
09/09/2022TX00Yes
09/01/2022TX10Yes