Carrier profile · USDOT 3300200 · MC-1087491 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ELITE FREIGHTWAYS LLC

170 power unitsavg 16.2 yrMulti-region · 8 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100
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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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 460 vehicle and 498 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.8% · 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 2.4 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

482 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 34

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 170-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
170
Inspections · 24 mo
504
Annualized
≈252 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
92%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Maintenance288 · 47 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving156 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance128 · 57 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance119 · 28 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance113 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance109 · 49 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance93 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance93 · 11 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance79 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance63 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

163 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
43False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 18 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
202511067
20249039
20221001
20212012
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 19, 2025TX01No
Sep 29, 2025TX01No
Sep 15, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 21, 2025TX02No
Aug 19, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 15, 2025TX00Yes
May 18, 2025TX01No
May 4, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 7, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 4, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 5, 2024TX02Yes
Nov 30, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 6, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 10, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 23, 2024TX02Yes
Jan 26, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 31, 2022NM00Yes
Jun 22, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 19, 2021TX01Yes