Carrier profile · USDOT 2481494 · MC-925578 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CENTRAL TEJAS EXPRESS LLC

16 power unitsavg 9.3 yrRegional · 5 statesWACO, TX56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-925578 INACTIVE
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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 35.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 20.3 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
82%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
95%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving41 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 15, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 3 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241001
20231001
20221001
20203022
20192012
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 20, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 5, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 25, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 13, 2023KY00Yes
Dec 20, 2022GA00Yes
Nov 28, 2020TX02No
Nov 11, 2020TX01Yes
Feb 21, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2019TX01Yes
Jun 26, 2019CO00Yes
Jan 11, 2016TX01Yes