Carrier profile · USDOT 990896 · MC-420344 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Houston Tank Services LLC

56 power unitsavg 9.7 yrNational · 28 statesPARIS, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-420344 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 32.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 149 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.4% · 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 7.7 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

148 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 12

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 56-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
56
Inspections · 24 mo
149
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving59 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance30 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 22 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

60 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
17False logs
10Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 52 total · 7 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20247037
20234014
20223013
20213003
20202022
20195015
20181001
20173003
20156016
20111001
20101001
20091111
20082112
20072012
20062002
20051001
20041011
20032012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2026KY02Yes
Mar 24, 2026TX00Yes
Sep 16, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 21, 2025IL01Yes
Feb 2, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 21, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 5, 2024LA01Yes
Jun 27, 2024OH01Yes
May 6, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 15, 2024WY00Yes
Mar 15, 2024OK01Yes
Mar 8, 2024KY00Yes
May 5, 2023TN00Yes
Apr 18, 2023KY00Yes
Feb 23, 2023KY00Yes
Feb 8, 2023KY01Yes
Aug 3, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 18, 2022MO02Yes
Feb 1, 2022KY00Yes
Dec 28, 2021CO00Yes
Mar 10, 2021VA00Yes
Feb 9, 2021NE00Yes
Oct 25, 2020GA01Yes
Jan 3, 2020MO01Yes
Jul 16, 2019MI00Yes