Carrier profile · USDOT 327191 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dixie Plywood Company of Houston

DBA DIXIE PLYWOOD COMPANY OF HOUSTON & DIXIE PLYWOOD CO OF SAN ANTONIO - DIXIEPLY

21 power unitsavg 9.7 yrLocal · 2 statesHOUSTON, TX87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.8% · 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 11.7 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
47
Annualized
24 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 31, 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
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 14 total · 1 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20241001
20161001
20121001
20093032
20082012
20051010
20041011
20011011
20002012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 12, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 24, 2016TX00Yes
Dec 10, 2012TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2009TX01Yes
May 27, 2009TX02Yes
Apr 20, 2009TX01No
Sep 25, 2008TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2008TX01Yes
Feb 4, 2005LA01No
Dec 15, 2004TX01Yes
Apr 9, 2001TX04Yes
Oct 20, 2000TX00Yes
Jun 1, 2000TX04Yes