Carrier profile · USDOT 3601721 · MC-1223653 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Top Notch Transit LLC

95 power unitsavg 10.6 yrRegional · 4 statesODESSA, TX56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1223653 INACTIVE
Verified linkstopnotchtransitllc.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 49.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 156 vehicle and 164 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

65.5% · 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 2.3 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

130 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 19

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
164
Annualized
≈82 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
95%
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 Driving156 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance120 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance100 · 22 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance79 · 33 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance78 · 37 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance59 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance39 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 9 total · 6 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256126
20242022
20231001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 19, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 31, 2025TX10Yes
May 25, 2025TX02Yes
May 4, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 9, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 15, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 15, 2024TX01Yes
Feb 1, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 22, 2023TX00Yes