Carrier profile · USDOT 1163273 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CAT-SPEC LTD

124 power unitsavg 8.5 yrNational · 24 statesLA PORTE, TX81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 24.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 10.6 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 124-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
124
Inspections · 24 mo
66
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
9False logs
7Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20242012
20232002
20211001
20201001
20192112
20161011
20151001
20131011
20092002
20082012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 18, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 18, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 16, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 6, 2024MS01Yes
Feb 6, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 26, 2023TX00Yes
May 6, 2023LA00Yes
May 27, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 25, 2020TX00Yes
Jun 19, 2019CA10Yes
Jan 28, 2019LA07Yes
Jan 7, 2016IN02Yes
Jan 6, 2015UT00Yes
Dec 10, 2013TN02Yes
Mar 13, 2009TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2009WY00Yes
Jul 19, 2008TX00Yes
Jan 1, 2008TX02Yes