Carrier profile · USDOT 1291866 · MC-499707 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

M V & Sons - Texas L P

DBA TIAN - TIAN FOOD SERVICE

23 power unitsavg 9.4 yrRegional · 4 statesHOUSTON, TX58/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-499707 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstiantian-us.comFMCSA 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 19.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 23.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 11.3 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
92%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness9 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 93% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241011
20233023
20212112
20201001
20191011
20181011
20171001
20162022
20132002
20121001
20112022
20081001
20071011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 6, 2023TX00Yes
May 15, 2023TX01Yes
Apr 5, 2023LA01Yes
Sep 10, 2021TX01Yes
Feb 18, 2021TX10Yes
Nov 13, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 26, 2019LA01Yes
Dec 21, 2018TX02Yes
Mar 23, 2017LA00Yes
Jul 18, 2016TX01Yes
May 31, 2016TX01Yes
May 3, 2013LA00Yes
Feb 21, 2013TX00Yes
Jan 9, 2012TX00Yes
Oct 17, 2011TX01Yes
Oct 11, 2011TX01Yes
Nov 17, 2008TX00Yes
Jan 16, 2007LA02Yes