Carrier profile · USDOT 3232956 · MC-1013976 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Carson Freight LLC

24 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 22 statesLAREDO, TX82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1013976 ACTIVE
Verified linkscarsonfreight.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 16.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 2.5 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

61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
85%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness10 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 2 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20243003
20232002
20222011
20212012
20202002
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 3, 2026GA00Yes
May 24, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 28, 2024KY00Yes
May 22, 2024AR00Yes
Mar 13, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 1, 2023SC00Yes
May 10, 2023GA00Yes
Oct 20, 2022TN01No
Aug 15, 2022LA00Yes
Oct 1, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2021TX03Yes
Sep 7, 2020AL00Yes
Aug 1, 2020AL00Yes
Nov 23, 2019TX00Yes