Houston Distributing Company Inc
DBA HOUSTON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 146
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 6
- Annualized
- ≈3 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 13 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 66 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 21, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2022 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 30, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 17, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 5, 2018 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 1, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2016 | TX | 0 | 3 | No |
| Jun 10, 2016 | TX | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2015 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2015 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |