Carrier profile · USDOT 683351 · MC-317837 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Falcon Transport Inc

19 power unitsavg 10.9 yrNational · 16 statesLAREDO, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-317837 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksfalcontransportinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 26.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 2.1 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20243103
20233003
20181001
20172012
20161001
20151011
20141001
20111011
20081011
20072012
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 8, 2025TX02Yes
Oct 12, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 7, 2024TX10Yes
Sep 14, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 29, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 10, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 3, 2023KY00Yes
Mar 21, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 24, 2017TX01Yes
Apr 20, 2017LA00Yes
Jul 14, 2016MS00Yes
Dec 4, 2015TX01Yes
May 1, 2014TX00Yes
Oct 5, 2011TX01Yes
Aug 15, 2008TX01Yes
Nov 9, 2007TX01Yes
Jun 14, 2007TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2005TX02Yes