CITY WASTE LP

DOT# 985245 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
(713) 697-4646 kevink@city-waste.com 2202 Kelley Street, Houston TX 77026
22 power units · all owned 17 drivers
Intrastate Only
Satisfactory
FRED Score 72.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
25 yrs history · 72 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
22
Drivers · CDL
17 · 17
Annual miles
425k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 22 0 0 22
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
PARTNERSHIP
Registered
10-22-2001 (25 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-01-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MATT J DRURY
Officer
KEVIN M KOUNS

Cargo

Garbage/Refuse
Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: private fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.79×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.7 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.17× and violations 0.62× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -19%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Aug 2025 – Feb 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 31 of 116 violations (27%). Brake or light defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    33.3% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (24 of 72). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.23× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.8% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
72
29% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
33.3%
24 of 72
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.8%
2 of 72
National avg 6.7%
Violations
116
33 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 11 inspections, 5 out of service 11 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 11 inspections, 7 out of service 11 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 6 inspections, 3 out of service 6 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 9 inspections, 2 out of service 9 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 9 inspections, 2 out of service 9 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 10 inspections, 3 out of service 10 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 9 inspections, 2 out of service 9 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 694 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.023 0.025
Inspections 2.39 0.62
Violations 2.64 0.38
Critical violations 0.16 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

116 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    112 · 31 OOS
    Brakes 31 · Lights 27 · Cargo securement 26 · Tires 4 · Wheels & hubs 4 · 20 more
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Oct
    20
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Texas (HQ) 72

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).