North Houston Pole Line LP
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 9
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 810
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 112
- Annualized
- ≈56 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Maintenance116 · 17 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving73 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 17 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 15 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 171 total · 17 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | TX | 1 | 4 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 20, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 4, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 15, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 24, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2024 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2024 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 3, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2024 | TX | 1 | 0 | No |
| Feb 7, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |