Carrier profile · USDOT 2546187 · MC-886371 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Houston Refrigerated Trucking LLC

20 power unitsavg 8.4 yrLocal · 2 statesHOUSTON, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-886371 ACTIVE
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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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · 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 21.8 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

58 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.13measure
SMS · per-BASIC
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 19 total · 5 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254024
20243003
20231001
20221011
20203032
20193013
20183033
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 1, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 22, 2025TX02Yes
Jan 14, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 22, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 22, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 1, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 15, 2022TX01Yes
Oct 22, 2020TX01Yes
May 19, 2020TX01No
May 9, 2020TX01Yes
Aug 27, 2019TX01Yes
May 8, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 30, 2018TX01Yes
Jun 21, 2018TX01Yes
May 15, 2018TX01Yes
Oct 11, 2016TX01Yes