Carrier profile · USDOT 1963449 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gainsborough Corporation

DBA GAINSBOROUGH WASTE

57 power unitsavg 6.6 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX84/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 1.8%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 — 164 vehicle and 173 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 7.9 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

166 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 15

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 57-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
57
Inspections · 24 mo
173
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance43 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 299 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241010
20231100
20222022
20212021
20201001
20191001
20181011
20161001
20151001
20122012
20111001
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 10, 2024TX01No
Mar 16, 2023TX10No
May 4, 2022TX01Yes
May 3, 2022TX01Yes
Dec 27, 2021TX01No
Jan 5, 2021TX02Yes
Sep 3, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 12, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 13, 2018TX01Yes
Nov 5, 2016TX00Yes
Nov 24, 2015TX00Yes
Dec 7, 2012TX01Yes
May 31, 2012TX00Yes
Jul 29, 2011TX00Yes
Feb 25, 2010TX05Yes