Carrier profile · USDOT 1545940 · MC-574712 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Hammer Lane Express LLC

6 power unitsavg 18.2 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-574712 ACTIVE
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 1.7 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 6-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
6
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 2 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262021
20231001
20221001
20211001
20151001
20131001
20122012
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026TX01No
Apr 28, 2026TX01Yes
Jun 28, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 24, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2015TX00Yes
Jun 25, 2013TX00Yes
Dec 6, 2012TX02Yes
Sep 25, 2012TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2007TX00Yes