Carrier profile · USDOT 545177 · MC-240435 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Ho Ho Ho Express Inc

24 power unitsavg 14 yrRegional · 4 statesHOUSTON, TX76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-240435 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 50 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 14.8 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

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 6

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
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
50
Annualized
25 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
19%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
68%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
5False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 88 total · 2 in 24 mo

88
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243013
20234013
20224013
20215025
20202011
20191001
20186035
20172012
20153033
20141001
20132002
20121011
20112011
20102011
20094024
20085115
20074004
20068056
20056046
20044124
20035015
20017107
20002012
19994014
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 12, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 14, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 3, 2024TX02Yes
Feb 28, 2023TX01No
Feb 23, 2023UT00Yes
Feb 16, 2023CO00Yes
Jan 7, 2023AZ00Yes
Nov 21, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 11, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 16, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 18, 2022TX01No
Aug 24, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 29, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 21, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 25, 2021TX01Yes
Jan 17, 2021TX01Yes
Jul 9, 2020TX01No
Mar 4, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 16, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2018AZ00Yes
Jun 16, 2018TX00Yes
May 12, 2018TX02No
Mar 23, 2018TX01Yes
Feb 27, 2018TX00Yes
Feb 7, 2018TX01Yes