Carrier profile · USDOT 1413459 · MC-535186 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Maximum Speed Transportation Inc

18 power unitsavg 14 yrMulti-region · 12 statesHOUSTON, TX87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-535186 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmsthouston.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 22.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.8% · 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 6.1 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 8

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
≈2.0 / 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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 10 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 26 total · 4 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20243003
20231001
20222022
20212002
20201001
20191001
20181001
20175025
20153013
20141001
20121011
20111011
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 22, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 2, 2025CO00Yes
Jan 9, 2025NM00Yes
Aug 15, 2024CO00Yes
May 7, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 26, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2023ND00Yes
Sep 29, 2022KS01Yes
Aug 15, 2022ND01Yes
Jun 4, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2021WY00Yes
Feb 20, 2020WV00Yes
Dec 16, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 19, 2018WY00Yes
Aug 31, 2017MI00Yes
Aug 25, 2017TX01Yes
Aug 17, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2017WV00Yes
Jan 22, 2017WY02Yes
Dec 3, 2015CO00Yes
May 29, 2015AZ00Yes
Apr 17, 2015TX01Yes
Jun 25, 2014ND00Yes
Apr 26, 2012WY01Yes
Oct 8, 2011KS02Yes