Carrier profile · USDOT 1602039 · MC-279734 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

C & T Produce Wholesale Inc

DBA L & V FOOD SUPPLY

22 power unitsavg 16 yrMulti-region · 11 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-279734 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 18.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 19.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 23.0 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 4

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
0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 22-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
13 / yr
Coverage
0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.25measure
SMS · per-BASIC
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 0 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20211001
20201001
20191001
20183102
20172002
20163003
20152002
20144014
20132112
20123013
20101101
20091001
20082002
20061001
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 7, 2021AR00Yes
Jun 29, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 1, 2019LA00Yes
Nov 24, 2018LA10No
Aug 28, 2018LA00Yes
Jun 28, 2018TX00Yes
Aug 8, 2017TX00Yes
Mar 7, 2017AZ00Yes
Mar 8, 2016OK00Yes
Feb 11, 2016NC00Yes
Jan 26, 2016TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2015TX00Yes
Jul 1, 2015TX00Yes
Oct 23, 2014MS01Yes
May 13, 2014TX00Yes
Apr 19, 2014AL00Yes
Jan 9, 2014OH00Yes
Nov 14, 2013AR11Yes
Mar 22, 2013CA00Yes
Nov 8, 2012AL00Yes
Aug 20, 2012TX01Yes
Feb 24, 2012CA00Yes
Dec 10, 2010TX10Yes
Oct 23, 2009TX00Yes
Sep 12, 2008LA00Yes