Carrier profile · USDOT 428958 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

MUSTANG CAT

81 power unitsavg 8 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 15.1 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 81-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
81
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 46 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 40 total · 3 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242011
20194042
20183022
20171001
20163032
20152002
20141001
20132002
20091001
20082021
20074004
20063013
20053103
20032002
20022012
20013013
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 18, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 25, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 23, 2024TX01No
Sep 17, 2019TX01Yes
Jul 29, 2019TX01No
Jul 16, 2019TX01Yes
Jun 3, 2019TX01No
Jul 2, 2018TX01No
May 29, 2018TX00Yes
Apr 10, 2018TX03Yes
Jul 27, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 20, 2016TX02Yes
May 19, 2016TX01No
Jan 26, 2016TX02Yes
Nov 9, 2015TX00Yes
Oct 23, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2014TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2013TX00Yes
May 14, 2013TX00Yes
Feb 16, 2009TX00Yes
May 29, 2008TX01No
Apr 14, 2008TX01Yes
Dec 21, 2007TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2007TX00Yes
May 3, 2007TX00Yes