Carrier profile · USDOT 1838380 · MC-666354 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gulf States Trucking Inc

180 power unitsavg 5.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesCHANNELVIEW, TX76/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-666354 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 20.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 123 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.8% · 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 10.9 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

113 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 180-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
180
Inspections · 24 mo
123
Annualized
≈62 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving72 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance53 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 48 total · 8 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255015
20245034
20232002
20224004
20212011
20201001
20193023
20185024
20175015
20161010
20153032
20141011
20136024
20121010
20103012
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 2, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2025TX02Yes
Feb 22, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 11, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 25, 2024TX02Yes
Nov 13, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 10, 2024TX01No
May 2, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 27, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 20, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 13, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 26, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2021TX01No
May 3, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 15, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 13, 2019MS01Yes
Jul 13, 2019AR01Yes
Mar 10, 2019LA00Yes
Dec 14, 2018TX00Yes
Nov 20, 2018TX00Yes
Aug 9, 2018TX01No