Carrier profile · USDOT 2151343 · MC-748053 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

EXCEL DISTRIBUTION LLC

46 power unitsavg 11.6 yrLocal · 2 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100
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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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.5 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

19 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Oct '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 46-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 18 total · 1 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242012
20231101
20221011
20203112
20184024
20171001
20162002
20152012
20142011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 17, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 4, 2024TX01Yes
Dec 12, 2023TX10Yes
Nov 14, 2022TX01Yes
Dec 30, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 5, 2020TX01No
Feb 18, 2020TX10Yes
Oct 18, 2018TX03Yes
Oct 13, 2018TX01Yes
Aug 18, 2018TX00Yes
Jan 16, 2018TX00Yes
Dec 17, 2017TX00Yes
Apr 14, 2016TX00Yes
Jan 17, 2016TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2015TX02Yes
Jul 22, 2015TX00Yes
Oct 30, 2014TX01No
Jul 3, 2014TX00Yes