Carrier profile · USDOT 1540868 · MC-572732 · Updated Jul 15, 2026

FROST FREIGHT INC

155 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 36 statesLAREDO, TX75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-572732 ACTIVE
Verified linksfrostfreightinc.netFMCSA 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 29.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 205 vehicle and 340 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.9% · 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 2.0 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

338 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 36

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 155-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
155
Inspections · 24 mo
340
Annualized
≈170 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
97%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
85%
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 Driving198 · 2 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness76 · 57 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance57 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 23 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

146 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

101ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
18False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 9 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
20253013
20241010
20231011
20211001
20102012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 25, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 17, 2026MS02Yes
Feb 16, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 24, 2026MO03Yes
Jan 8, 2026IL03Yes
Dec 11, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 21, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 25, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 29, 2024TX01No
Dec 10, 2023LA01Yes
Feb 20, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 10, 2010KY01Yes
Aug 31, 2010TX00Yes