Carrier profile · USDOT 338676 · MC-254585 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Houston Transportation Incorporated

22 power unitsavg 8.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesNEWLAND, NC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-254585 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshoustontrans.netFMCSA SAFER

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 38.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 12.2 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
48
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 71 total · 7 in 24 mo

71
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254024
20242002
20232012
20221001
20212002
20202002
201910038
20182012
20175025
20164114
20153012
20141001
20133003
20122002
20112012
20103003
20081001
20071010
20061001
20052012
20046045
20033021
20012021
20002011
19991010
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 13, 2026GA00Yes
May 11, 2026TN00Yes
May 7, 2026GA04Yes
May 12, 2025AL00Yes
May 11, 2025TX00Yes
May 6, 2025NC01Yes
Jan 17, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 28, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 23, 2024NC00Yes
Mar 19, 2023TN02Yes
Feb 8, 2023NC00Yes
Jan 5, 2022AR00Yes
Jun 27, 2021NC00Yes
Jan 7, 2021WV00Yes
Nov 28, 2020SC00Yes
Jan 25, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 16, 2019GA00Yes
Nov 5, 2019WV01No
Aug 1, 2019NC00Yes
Jun 25, 2019MO01No
May 5, 2019WV01Yes
Jan 25, 2019PA00Yes
Jan 2, 2019NC00Yes
Jan 2, 2019NC00Yes
Jan 2, 2019NC00Yes