Carrier profile · USDOT 387401 · MC-230495 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Texas Transeastern Inc

344 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesPASADENA, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-230495 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksttedelivers.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 12.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 704 vehicle and 737 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.9% · 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 3.9 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

717 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 50

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 344-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
344
Inspections · 24 mo
737
Annualized
≈369 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance102 · 25 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance87 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance83 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance66 · 49 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance65 · 23 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance41 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance30 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 493 total · 40 in 24 mo

493
Total crashes
40
In last 24 mo
18
Fatal
209
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026110211
20252511221
2024181717
20232311123
2022242921
20212501623
2020151514
2019221919
20182111020
2017200519
2016201916
2015160813
20148268
2013120112
201210059
2011200619
2010130613
20098048
2008160715
2007171815
2006150715
20055015
20048038
2003122611
20027007
2001100510
2000140714
19997137
19986036
1997112511
1996101410
1995130613
1994130613
19938028
1992100510
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2026TX07Yes
Jun 4, 2026TX00Yes
May 24, 2026LA00Yes
May 21, 2026TX00Yes
May 16, 2026TX00Yes
May 6, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 28, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 12, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2026MS00Yes
Feb 27, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2026TX02Yes
Dec 23, 2025AR00Yes
Dec 21, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 11, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 26, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 11, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 5, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 16, 2025TX01No
Oct 10, 2025TX01No
Sep 17, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 21, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 16, 2025TX10Yes
Jul 22, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 8, 2025TX01Yes