Carrier profile · USDOT 1597774 · MC-591082 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BALKAN EXPRESS LLC

145 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 28 statesFORT WORTH, TX63/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-591082 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbalkanexpressllc.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 26.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 169 vehicle and 346 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.4% · 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 7.9 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

328 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 48

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 145-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
145
Inspections · 24 mo
346
Annualized
≈173 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving185 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 34 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 11 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance37 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

119 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

50ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
18False logs
37Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 136 total · 9 in 24 mo

136
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
50
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254034
2024130512
2023101410
2022100010
20214124
2020130612
20199147
2018120511
2017170817
2016160615
20154114
20149128
20136006
20125025
20114024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 26, 2025FL01Yes
Jun 29, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 26, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 17, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 13, 2024TX02No
Dec 12, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 30, 2024WY02Yes
Sep 3, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 30, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 16, 2024WY00Yes
Jun 1, 2024NM00Yes
Apr 26, 2024CO00Yes
Apr 8, 2024UT05Yes
Apr 3, 2024MO03Yes
Feb 7, 2024UT00Yes
Jan 15, 2024AZ00Yes
Jan 8, 2024OR00Yes
Dec 20, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 27, 2023OK01Yes
Oct 25, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 25, 2023OR00Yes
Aug 16, 2023CO00Yes
Aug 4, 2023TX01Yes
May 4, 2023NM00Yes
Feb 9, 2023NM01Yes