Carrier profile · USDOT 694249 · MC-316055 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Terrier Transportation Inc

98 power unitsavg 9.7 yrRegional · 3 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-316055 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 22.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 175 vehicle and 183 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.4% · 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 8.1 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

179 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 23

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 98-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
183
Annualized
92 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Maintenance55 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance47 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 14 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 94 total · 7 in 24 mo

94
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
39
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253023
20242012
20231011
20223210
20213013
20207037
20192012
20185015
20175054
20164004
20153022
20143013
20134132
20122012
20115015
20102012
20091001
20086106
20071001
20062012
20055125
20042012
20035225
20021001
20015125
20006135
19984024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 21, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 16, 2026TX02Yes
Dec 8, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 15, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 10, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 24, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 25, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 27, 2023TX01Yes
Aug 14, 2022TX10No
May 12, 2022TX01No
Feb 8, 2022TX10No
Oct 25, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2021TX03Yes
Sep 13, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 9, 2020TX03Yes
Jun 2, 2020TX00Yes
May 18, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2020TX01Yes
Feb 10, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2020TX01Yes
Aug 22, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 5, 2019OK02Yes
Dec 20, 2018TX01Yes
Nov 15, 2018TX00Yes