Carrier profile · USDOT 300813 · MC-353338 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Ta Operating LLC

DBA TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA

408 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 25 statesWESTLAKE, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-353338 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 1.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 74 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.7% · 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 3.7 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

69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 8

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 408-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
408
Inspections · 24 mo
74
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 4, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252021
20241001
20233003
20221001
20211001
20202012
20195024
20182012
20171001
20162122
20113123
20101001
20071001
20022011
20012012
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026GA00Yes
Oct 1, 2025KS02Yes
Sep 5, 2025NC01No
May 21, 2024NJ00Yes
Dec 2, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 30, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 22, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 17, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 1, 2021MD00Yes
Dec 5, 2020KY01Yes
Mar 3, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 25, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 26, 2019VA00Yes
Aug 15, 2019OR00Yes
Apr 29, 2019TX01No
Apr 17, 2019SC02Yes
Dec 26, 2018OH01Yes
Jun 13, 2018TN00Yes
Mar 31, 2017AZ00Yes
Sep 22, 2016TN12Yes
Jan 26, 2016MT01Yes
Sep 2, 2011CA11Yes
Apr 24, 2011TN02Yes
Feb 7, 2011LA00Yes
Jul 8, 2010MD00Yes