Carrier profile · USDOT 1310200 · MC-507903 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Central Pony Express Inc

DBA RIVER CITY HEAVY HAUL

49 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 4 statesNEW BRAUNFELS, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-507903 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 25.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 2.2 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

78 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 16

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 49-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
81
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Maintenance19 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 49 total · 7 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254004
20241001
20233013
20222011
20211001
20204014
20195033
20185125
20176016
20164014
20151001
20141001
20132012
20091001
20082012
20072112
20062012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 20, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2026TX00Yes
May 7, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 19, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 4, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 18, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 14, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 6, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 15, 2022TX01No
Jun 11, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 14, 2020TX05Yes
May 21, 2020TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 14, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 27, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2019TX01Yes
Sep 23, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 1, 2019TX01No
Apr 5, 2019TX01No
Dec 30, 2018TX11Yes
Dec 20, 2018TX00Yes