Carrier profile · USDOT 3140195 · MC-98597 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FIRST CLASS TRANSPORTATION LLC

0 power unitsavg 6.7 yrRegional · 3 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-98597 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 2.6%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 — 116 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.9% · 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 4.1 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

109 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 25

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
4%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 4, 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
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 14 total · 4 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20251011
20241001
20233111
20224013
20212021
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 29, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 21, 2026VA01Yes
Dec 14, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 11, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 21, 2023TX01No
Mar 30, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 13, 2023TX10No
Nov 2, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 3, 2022TX00Yes
May 10, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2022TX01No
Nov 9, 2021TX01No
Apr 23, 2021TX01Yes
Nov 11, 2020TX00Yes