Carrier profile · USDOT 840183 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Waste Connections Lone Star Inc

DBA GASTON SANITATION SERVICE

1,247 power unitsavg 7.1 yrRegional · 3 statesTHE WOODLANDS, TX88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 18.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 366 vehicle and 376 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.9% · 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 8.0 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

365 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 25

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 1,247-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
1,247
Inspections · 24 mo
376
Annualized
≈188 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving221 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance96 · 14 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance87 · 25 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance67 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance61 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance58 · 2 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 52 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 555 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 740 total · 35 in 24 mo

740
Total crashes
35
In last 24 mo
28
Fatal
293
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026111511
2025200719
2024111610
20232941427
2022142713
2021200519
20202711027
20191711115
2018241721
20172311121
20162721123
20153211426
20143801137
20133421131
20124412036
2011140814
20102601224
20093111130
20083901339
20075301850
2006472943
20054432540
20043301630
20032811227
20022911127
2001191417
20005135
19991010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026TX21Yes
Jun 1, 2026TX00Yes
May 14, 2026TX00Yes
May 12, 2026TX04Yes
May 7, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 22, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 21, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 24, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 11, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 30, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 1, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 14, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 10, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 1, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 19, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 14, 2025TX01No
Aug 13, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 16, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 7, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2025TX00Yes