Carrier profile · USDOT 2393825 · MC-819876 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Groome Transportation of Texas LLC

1 power unitavg 7.1 yrRegional · 3 statesHOUSTON, TX63/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-819876 ACTIVE

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 75.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 26.4 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 8

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
7.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
8 / yr
Coverage
7.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
28%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 32 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 9 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20256025
20243022
20232011
20222020
20212002
20183012
20172021
20161010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2026TX01No
Dec 29, 2025MN01Yes
Oct 10, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 8, 2025MN00Yes
Sep 12, 2025TX01No
Jul 3, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 10, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 18, 2024MN02Yes
Jul 31, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 20, 2024TX01No
Oct 16, 2023TX01No
Jan 27, 2023MN00Yes
Jul 7, 2022TX01No
May 26, 2022TX01No
Dec 10, 2021MN00Yes
Nov 9, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2018TX00Yes
Mar 19, 2018TX00Yes
Mar 7, 2018MS01No
Jul 28, 2017TX01No
Jan 23, 2017TX01Yes
Jan 14, 2016TX01No