Carrier profile · USDOT 1054356 · MC-441517 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

A B C EXPRESS INC

31 power unitsavg 11 yrNational · 17 statesLAREDO, TX93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-441517 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 31.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 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 Jul '26 · 6

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance39 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness9 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 65% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20233003
20221001
20213123
20201011
20191001
20181001
20171001
20131010
20122012
20051011
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 7, 2024AR00Yes
Apr 4, 2023FL00Yes
Mar 21, 2023NJ00Yes
Mar 11, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 27, 2022LA00Yes
Oct 11, 2021MS03Yes
Sep 9, 2021LA113Yes
Jun 28, 2021OK00Yes
Nov 1, 2020FL01Yes
Nov 15, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2018VA00Yes
Nov 18, 2017TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2013TX01No
Nov 28, 2012TX00Yes
May 3, 2012IN02Yes
Jan 8, 2005TX01Yes
Aug 21, 2004TX00Yes