Carrier Leaderboards Analysis

Snapshot from June 15, 2026. This analysis reflects FMCSA data available on that date and is preserved for citation.

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Analysis

· as of June 15, 2026

Highlights

TF Transport Services LLC recorded 18.27 violations per inspection across 15 inspections, the highest ratio in the dataset.
Four of the top five carriers by violation ratio operate out of Texas, with out-of-service rates between 91.7% and 100%.
The largest fleet entry, Reliable Transporters, reports 2,099,979 power units against only 2 drivers, flagging probable data integrity issues across this leaderboard.
Federal Express Corporation logged 3,207 crashes over the trailing 60 months, more than any other carrier, yet its crashes-per-unit ratio is 0.02 against a fleet of 138,481.
Transco Leasing Co Inc grew its reported fleet from 27 to 2,106 power units, a 7,700% increase, the largest percentage gain in the dataset.

The most counterintuitive pattern in this dataset is that the carriers with the worst violation ratios are almost universally micro-operations, while the carriers with the highest absolute crash counts are the largest fleets in the country. TF Transport Services LLC, ranked first by violations per inspection at 18.27 across 15 inspections, operates a single power unit and has a 100% out-of-service rate, meaning every inspection resulted in a vehicle or driver being pulled from service. The next four carriers on that list, including Morayma B Ochoa (18.0 violations per inspection, 11 inspections) and Cris Transportation LLC (17.8 violations per inspection, 15 inspections), are similarly small, each running between one and five power units. This divergence between small-carrier violation density and large-carrier crash volume is consistent with two different risk profiles coexisting in the same regulatory dataset: micro-carriers that appear to operate in chronic noncompliance but have limited exposure by volume, and large carriers whose aggregate crash counts reflect miles driven rather than per-unit safety performance. Federal Express Corporation's 3,207 total crashes across 138,481 power units produces a crashes-per-unit ratio of 0.02, identical to United Parcel Service (2,305 crashes, 112,321 units) and well below Western Express Inc, which posts 628 crashes against 3,332 units for a ratio of 0.19. The fastest-growing carriers by percentage change, led by Transco Leasing Co Inc at 7,700% (27 to 2,106 units), should be interpreted with caution given the pattern visible in the largest-fleet leaderboard, where top entries carry implausible unit counts in the hundreds of thousands against driver counts in the single digits, strongly suggesting self-reported data entry errors rather than actual fleet size. Several carriers on the largest-fleet list report authority ages of zero years, which may indicate recently registered entities inflating their power-unit figures at registration. The violation-ratio leaderboard is geographically concentrated, with roughly half the carriers registered in Texas and several others in Mexican states (Sonora, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas), consistent with cross-border inspection patterns at ports of entry along the southern border. Across a five-year trailing window, the crash data for the largest carriers reflects the ongoing consolidation of volume among a small number of national operators whose combined crash totals, while high in absolute terms, sit at ratios that have remained low relative to fleet size.