Carrier profile · USDOT 1815194 · MC-659179 · Updated Jun 28, 2026

P & D Transport LLC

18 power unitsavg 19.5 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX50/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-659179 STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 41.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 73 vehicle and 74 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

53.8% · 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 22.7 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

68 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 6

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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
75
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Maintenance56 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 5 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252102
20241001
20211001
20183023
20171001
20161001
20151001
20132002
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 28, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2026TX00Yes
Nov 25, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 29, 2025TX10Yes
Mar 6, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 4, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 17, 2018TX00Yes
May 29, 2018TX01Yes
Apr 12, 2018TX01Yes
Sep 26, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 3, 2016TX00Yes
Sep 16, 2015TX00Yes
Dec 10, 2013TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2013TX00Yes
Mar 14, 2011TX01Yes