Carrier profile · USDOT 293150 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Arnold Oil Company of Austin LP

18 power unitsavg 11.1 yrLocal · 1 statesAUSTIN, TX84/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT

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 22.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 17.0 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 3

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 18
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

64%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

38%

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 Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
177.834 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 30 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	1	2
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	2	0	1	1
2021	2	0	0	2
2018	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	1	1	1	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2003	2	0	2	2
2001	1	0	0	1
1994	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 19, 2025	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2025	TX	0	1	Yes
Jul 15, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
May 10, 2023	TX	0	1	No
Apr 5, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 22, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 29, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 13, 2018	TX	0	0	Yes
Jun 25, 2016	TX	0	1	Yes
Dec 8, 2015	TX	1	1	Yes
Mar 6, 2009	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 16, 2003	TX	0	2	Yes
Sep 2, 2003	TX	0	1	Yes
Jun 12, 2001	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 17, 1994	TX	0	1	Yes