Carrier profile · USDOT 2327057 · MC-804521 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BZ EXPRESS INC

105 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 32 statesHOUSTON, TX94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-804521 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 20.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 169 vehicle and 332 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.8% · 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 4.7 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

320 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 22

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 105-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
105
Inspections · 24 mo
332
Annualized
≈166 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving100 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 8 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 23 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 62% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 46 total · 12 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20256036
2024110111
20236015
20226046
20214014
20205024
20192012
20182002
20171011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 23, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 26, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 20, 2025TX01Yes
May 23, 2025TX00Yes
May 13, 2025MS01Yes
Mar 15, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 9, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 25, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2024NC01Yes
Aug 26, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 26, 2024OK00Yes
Jun 9, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 16, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 10, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 5, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 15, 2024MT00Yes
Jan 30, 2024AL00Yes
Jan 11, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 15, 2023AR00Yes
Aug 3, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 23, 2023TX00Yes
May 10, 2023TX01No
Apr 4, 2023TX00Yes