Carrier profile · USDOT 1065876 · MC-442758 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Diesel Express Inc

107 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 28 statesBLUE MOUNTAIN, MS81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-442758 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

107Power units

115 observed · MCS-150

192Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.8Avg age (yr)

2004–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(662) 815-5000

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.1% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 24 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2002.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

15 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

15 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

107 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.8 yr

Model years 2004–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

23 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2002 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

275 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 29.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 127 vehicle and 273 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.7% · 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 3.2 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

270 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 20

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

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 107-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 107
Inspections · 24 mo: 275
Annualized: ≈138 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving103 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 48 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 12 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’20 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Cherokee’06–’09

Sentry Select’09–’13

Protective’17–’20

beyond this history

2002200820142020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2020

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	May 2017 → May 2020	$750K	2
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → May 2017	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2015 → May 2016	$750K	2
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Oct 2013 → May 2015	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2009 → Oct 2013	$750K	1
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2006 → Oct 2009	$750K	2
EQUITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2005 → Oct 2006	$750K	1
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2003 → Oct 2005	$750K	1
QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Oct 2002 → Oct 2003	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 107
Observed power (24 mo): 115
Trailers (towed): 192

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

68.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 28 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

273

MS busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

BLUE MOUNTAIN, MS

6341 B HWY 15

Top corridor

MS 72 · TN 45 · AL 18

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 21 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 911405 USDOT 2588370 USDOT 507542 USDOT 3737308 USDOT 3089250 USDOT 331796 USDOT 3693115 USDOT 3594680Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 67 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 911405 USDOT 2176302 USDOT 3978596 USDOT 331796 USDOT 2783001 USDOT 2482938 USDOT 2589116 USDOT 4298547

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

107

Observed (24 mo)

115

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 6341 B HWY 15, BLUE MOUNTAIN, MS, 38610
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (662) 815-5000
Fax: (662) 815-5039
Email: —

Registration

Officers: Whitney Stokes · Taylor Massengill
USDOT / docket: 1065876 · MC-442758
First registered: Oct 25, 2002
Last MCS-150: Mar 24, 2026 · 10,659,870 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 17, 2012
Recordable crash rate: 0.53
D-U-N-S: 131830270

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

107

Power units

180

Drivers

180

CDL drivers

10,659,870

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for DIESEL EXPRESS INC.

DIESEL EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1065876) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 1, 2020 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 275 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 127 vehicle-level and 273 driver-level — across 28 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 15 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 107 power units and 180 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 24, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 17, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DIESEL EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

DIESEL EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1065876, and its motor carrier number is MC-442758.

Is DIESEL EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, DIESEL EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DIESEL EXPRESS INC's safety record?

DIESEL EXPRESS INC has a 29.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 490 roadside inspections, with 15 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is DIESEL EXPRESS INC's fleet?

DIESEL EXPRESS INC operates 107 power units and 180 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is DIESEL EXPRESS INC based?

DIESEL EXPRESS INC is based in BLUE MOUNTAIN, MS, with roadside inspections recorded across 28 states.

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