Carrier profile · USDOT 2203204 · MC-764505 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Texas Chrome Transport Inc

41 power unitsavg 9.8 yrLocal · 2 statesATASCOSA, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-764505 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksteamtct.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 45.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 228 vehicle and 231 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.1% · 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 2.9 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

218 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 20

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
≈2.8 / 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
41
Inspections · 24 mo
231
Annualized
≈116 / yr
Coverage
≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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 Maintenance174 · 24 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving150 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance147 · 30 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance146 · 76 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance110 · 43 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance84 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance64 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance59 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance53 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 48 total · 5 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20254033
20243013
20236035
20224014
20214034
20203003
20192111
20184004
20176016
20161001
20154013
20144004
20131011
20121010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 20, 2026TX01No
Dec 28, 2025TX03Yes
Jul 9, 2025TX01Yes
May 31, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2025TX01No
Apr 10, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 16, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 21, 2023TX01No
Jun 21, 2023TX01Yes
Apr 9, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 23, 2023TX01Yes
Feb 3, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 14, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 21, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 27, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 27, 2022TX01Yes
Dec 21, 2021TX02Yes
Sep 25, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 1, 2021TX02Yes
Jun 27, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 20, 2020TN00Yes
May 26, 2020TX00Yes
Apr 1, 2020TX00Yes