Carrier profile · USDOT 2465819 · MC-852259 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Eastex Crude Trucking LLC

226 power unitsavg 10.6 yrRegional · 3 statesLEESBURG, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-852259 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 21.6%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 — 167 vehicle and 169 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

169 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 15

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 226-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
226
Inspections · 24 mo
169
Annualized
≈85 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Maintenance67 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance47 · 22 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance40 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 13, 2024. 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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 89 total · 14 in 24 mo

89
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263033
20258078
20244034
20235005
20223013
20215035
20205025
20199038
20184014
2017121511
201610249
2015120611
20149129
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 14, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 19, 2026LA01Yes
Feb 6, 2026TX01Yes
Oct 17, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 6, 2025LA01Yes
Sep 10, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 24, 2025NM00Yes
Jun 7, 2025TX02Yes
May 12, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 24, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 20, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 5, 2024TX02Yes
Nov 18, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 14, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 30, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 20, 2023TX00Yes
May 18, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 26, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 7, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 18, 2022TX01Yes
Aug 15, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 16, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 23, 2021TX02Yes
Aug 23, 2021TX00Yes