Carrier profile · USDOT 956906 · MC-409152 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

A B J EXPRESS INC

14 power unitsavg 10.8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesDALLAS, TX68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-409152 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksabjexpress.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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 11.9 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

29 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 14-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
73%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
67%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 1 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20243003
20231001
20211010
20201001
20191001
20182011
20174124
20164024
20144024
20131001
20121001
20102012
20071001
20064014
20051011
20041001
20032012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026TX00Yes
Jul 22, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 11, 2024VA00Yes
Jun 12, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 27, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 28, 2021TX01No
Feb 13, 2020TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 20, 2018TN00Yes
Mar 10, 2018TX01No
May 1, 2017TX02Yes
Feb 18, 2017PA00Yes
Jan 25, 2017MD00Yes
Jan 12, 2017TN11Yes
Oct 13, 2016TX00Yes
Jul 28, 2016TX01Yes
Feb 15, 2016TX01Yes
Jan 13, 2016AR00Yes
Dec 11, 2014AL01Yes
Jun 25, 2014TN01Yes
Apr 29, 2014TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2014TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2013TX00Yes
Dec 7, 2012TX00Yes
Nov 19, 2010LA01Yes