Carrier Leaderboards Analysis

    Snapshot from July 1, 2026. This analysis reflects FMCSA data available on that date and is preserved for citation.

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    · as of July 1, 2026

    Highlights

    • TF Transport Services LLC recorded 18.27 violations per inspection across 15 inspections, the highest ratio among carriers in the trailing 60-month dataset.
    • Nine of the top 25 carriers ranked by violation ratio operate under Texas DOT registration, more than any other state in the leaderboard.
    • The 'largest fleet' leaderboard is dominated by data anomalies: the top 14 carriers each report fewer than 13 drivers against power-unit counts ranging from 400,000 to over 2 million.
    • Federal Express Corporation recorded 3,207 crashes and 89 fatalities across 138,481 power units, a crash-per-unit rate of 0.02 over the trailing 60 months.
    • Transco Leasing Co Inc grew its reported fleet from 27 to 2,106 power units, a 7,700% increase, the largest percentage gain among the fastest-growing carriers.

    The most anomalous pattern in this dataset is not the violation leaderboard but the fleet-size leaderboard, where the top reported fleets are almost certainly the product of data entry errors rather than real operations. The top-ranked carrier, Reliable Transporters (DOT 2950477), reports 2,099,979 power units against 2 drivers and an authority age of zero years. Thirteen of the top 14 carriers on the largest-fleet list report authority ages of zero years, driver counts in the single digits, and power-unit figures that cluster around round-number multiples such as 599,994 and 499,996. One entry, Francisco Gonzalez (DOT 3448531), reports 99,999 drivers alongside 599,994 power units, a ratio that is not operationally plausible. These figures are consistent with carriers entering placeholder or maximum-field values during registration rather than reflecting actual fleet size. Analysts and shippers should treat this leaderboard as a data quality artifact rather than a market signal.

    The violation-ratio leaderboard presents a different picture. Among the 25 carriers with the worst violations-per-inspection ratios, the top performer TF Transport Services LLC averaged 18.27 violations per inspection across 15 inspections in the trailing 60 months, and two other carriers, Morayma B Ochoa and Cris Transportation LLC, recorded 18.00 and 17.80 respectively. Out-of-service rates among this group are elevated throughout: 11 of the 25 carriers carry a 100% OOS rate, and only one carrier in the group, Agropecuaria Malichita SA de CV, falls below 57.6%. Several carriers in this group are domiciled in Mexican states (SO, SI, TA), which likely reflects cross-border inspection activity at ports of entry rather than exclusively domestic operations.

    On the crash-volume leaderboard, the composition reflects fleet scale rather than safety performance. FedEx Corporation's 3,207 crashes across 138,481 power units produces a rate of 0.02 crashes per unit over the trailing 60 months, identical to UPS's rate across 112,321 units. Western Express Inc and NJ Transit Corporation post the highest crashes-per-unit rates in the top 25, at 0.19 and 0.20 respectively, though both operate fleets an order of magnitude smaller than the top carriers. The presence of First Student Inc (652 crashes, 6 fatalities) and NJ Transit alongside freight carriers is a reminder that FMCSA data encompasses passenger and transit operators whose exposure profiles differ from over-the-road trucking. Crash counts at this scale, accumulated over five years, are consistent with what one would expect from fleets of this size operating continuously across the national highway network.

    Key Statistics

    18.27
    Violations per inspection for TF Transport Services LLC, the highest ratio on the leaderboard
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    100%
    Out-of-service rate for 11 of the 25 carriers on the worst violation-ratio leaderboard
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    274
    Total violations recorded for TF Transport Services LLC across 15 inspections
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    9 of 25
    Carriers on the worst violation-ratio leaderboard with a Texas physical address
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    3,207
    Total crashes reported for Federal Express Corporation, the highest absolute count on the leaderboard
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    89
    Fatalities associated with Federal Express Corporation crashes
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    0.20
    Crashes per power unit for NJ Transit Corporation, the highest rate among the top-25 most-crashed carriers
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    7,700%
    Fleet growth rate for Transco Leasing Co Inc, from 27 to 2,106 power units
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    27,576
    Net power-unit gain for Victory Driveaway Inc, the largest absolute fleet addition among fastest-growing carriers
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01
    25
    New carrier authorities granted with an effective date of 2026-06-01 appearing in the newest-authority leaderboard sample
    As of 2026-07-01
    2,099,979
    Power units reported by Reliable Transporters, the top entry on the largest-fleet leaderboard, against 2 listed drivers
    As of 2026-07-01
    566
    Total violations for Agropecuaria Malichita SA de CV across 33 inspections, the highest raw violation count among the top-25 worst-ratio carriers
    Trailing 60 months through 2026-07-01

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    AlphaLoops. (2026). Carrier Leaderboards — FMCSA Data Hub. Retrieved 2026-07-01 from https://runalphaloops.com/data/carriers.