Carrier profile · USDOT 2425224 · MC-836193 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

HP Carriers Inc

181 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 24 statesLAREDO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-836193 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 307 vehicle and 383 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

372 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 29

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 181-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
181
Inspections · 24 mo
383
Annualized
≈192 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 9 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness17 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 44 total · 12 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
20254134
20244023
20237037
20225015
20212012
20205135
20193013
20183023
20172021
20151001
20142002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2026TX02Yes
May 22, 2026TX00Yes
May 11, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 12, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2026MO00Yes
Sep 10, 2025IL11Yes
Aug 12, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 1, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 8, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 10, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 12, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 8, 2024TX00Yes
May 31, 2024TX01No
Sep 15, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 14, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 2, 2023TX01Yes
May 3, 2023TX01Yes
Apr 26, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 20, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 18, 2023TX01Yes
Nov 11, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 1, 2022TX01Yes
May 23, 2022TX00Yes
May 21, 2022TX00Yes