CAL TEX TRANSPORTATION INC
USDOT 1335696MC-Docket MC515356TOMBALL, TX
Review before tendering28 power units
CAL TEX TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1335696) in TOMBALL, TX — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- Cargo insurance on file.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2007-05-15 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 20 times, most recent 2020-07-06 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2009-05-19 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.15
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.39
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.41
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.58
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
1
Injuries
2
Crashes
44
Inspections
16
OOS inspections
18
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- Yes
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 28
- Total drivers
- 28
- Years in business
- 21
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 13%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 30.6%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 20 times last 2020-07-06
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-06
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2007-05-15
- Last compliance review
- 2009-05-19 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
63
Inspections
20
OOS inspections
85
Violations
23
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-03 → 2026-04-29.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-03-11
TX
Tow-away
2025-01-13
TX
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
36 | 12 | 2026-04-24 |
Hours of service 395
|
28 | 6 | 2026-01-28 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 1 | 2026-04-24 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
5 | 0 | 2026-01-07 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2026-01-14 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2023-06-20 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | OOS |
| 2026-03-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire in contact with another part of the vehicle | OOS |
| 2026-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel tank fill pipe cap missing | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2026-01-14 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2026-01-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2026-01-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others weight carried exceeds tire load limit | OOS |
| 2025-12-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction trailers manufactured after March 1 2001 unable to transmit ABS malfunction signal to towing | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - No user's manual for the driver describing how to operate the ELD. (May be electron | — |
| 2025-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to meet minimum tiedown requirements | OOS |
| 2025-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Damaged securement devices/tiedowns | — |
| 2025-09-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-08-26 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-06-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-06-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Tubing and Hose Adequacy - Connections to Power Unit | OOS |
| 2025-06-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2025-05-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - Not OOS | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to review any unassigned driving time when prompted by the ELD | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Loose or unfastened tiedown | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the time of inspection. Time | OOS |
| 2025-05-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-04-23 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-04-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-04-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2025-04-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-04-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2025-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2025-04-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | The ELDs display screen cannot be viewed outside of the commercial motor vehicle. | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-01-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2024-10-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-09-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-06-11 | Unsafe Driving | Using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a CMV | — |
| 2024-05-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-24 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
2026-04-07 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | OOS | — |
2026-03-15 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-TC | OOS | — |
2026-01-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 67C7 | — | — |
2026-01-28 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2026-01-14 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
2026-01-07 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
2025-12-04 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H1-ELDNUM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D3-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75G-TAOW | OOS | — |
2025-10-01 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110 | OOS | — |
2025-09-25 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B-C | — | — |
2025-09-01 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-08-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | — |
2025-06-24 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-06-21 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-06-12 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45PC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
2025-05-19 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F3-C | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1PC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1PC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1PC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32B-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32B-ELDDFR | — | — |
2025-05-12 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3I-HOSPDIT | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-04-23 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2025-04-17 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-03-24 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 20B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-02-05 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-01-29 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
2024-10-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2024-09-25 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
2024-06-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82(a)(1) | — | — |
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