Carrier profile · USDOT 1815859 · MC-673757 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Martell Enterprises Inc

26 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 21 statesLAREDO, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-673757 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 24.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 81 vehicle and 110 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 4.5 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 9

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
110
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
87%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness9 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241001
20231001
20223013
20213003
20192012
20181011
20174024
20152011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 17, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 27, 2025AR00Yes
Jun 26, 2024TX00Yes
May 30, 2023AR00Yes
Apr 15, 2022LA00Yes
Feb 23, 2022TX05Yes
Feb 16, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 30, 2021MO00Yes
Feb 5, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 16, 2019LA01Yes
Apr 15, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2018TN02Yes
Aug 8, 2017TX01Yes
Jun 21, 2017TX00Yes
May 13, 2017TX00Yes
Jan 26, 2017MS06Yes
Jul 16, 2015TX01No
Apr 16, 2015TX00Yes