Carrier profile · USDOT 941034 · MC-404574 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Capital Express Lines Inc

95 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesSACRAMENTO, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-404574 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

95Power units

101 observed · MCS-150

303Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(916) 408-5630 Email dispatchgurdip@capitalexpresslines.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record5 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 935 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

95 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

707 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 18.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 517 vehicle and 702 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · 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 4.5 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

694 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈3.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 95
Inspections · 24 mo: 707
Annualized: ≈354 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.7 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 Driving151 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 49 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance45 · 24 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 12 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance40 · 5 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance40 · 6 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 14 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance28 · 11 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 16 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Monterey’11–’14

Ace American’15–’20

Transverse Specialty’22–’25

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 19 insurers are named in the list below.

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 19 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jun 2025	$750K	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2022 → Jan 2025	$750K	3
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jun 2021 → Jun 2022	$750K	2
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Jun 2021	$750K	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Jun 2020	$750K	3
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jun 2014 → Jun 2015	$750K	2
MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2011 → Jun 2014	$750K	3
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jun 2010 → Jun 2011	$750K	1
UNIVERSAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jul 2009 → Jul 2009	$750K	2
MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2009 → Feb 2010	$750K	5
GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2008 → Jul 2009	$750K	2
1ST SECURITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION	May 2008 → Sep 2008	$750K	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2007 → Jun 2008	$750K	2
SUTTER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2006 → Jun 2007	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jun 2005 → Jun 2006	$750K	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Jun 2004 → Jun 2005	$750K	1
CASCADE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2002 → Jun 2004	$750K	5
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2001 → May 2002	$750K	2
ZC INS. CO /CONVERIUM INS.(NA) INC.	Mar 2001 → Nov 2001	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 95
Observed power (24 mo): 101
Trailers (towed): 303

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

85.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 13 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

707

CA busiest

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

Home base

SACRAMENTO, CA

8180 SIGNAL CT

Top corridor

CA 603 · WA 28 · UT 26

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: 60 trucks also ran under 55 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 617228 USDOT 2590203 USDOT 3289962 USDOT 3538604 USDOT 3664659 USDOT 2398261 USDOT 4201668 USDOT 4445623Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (96 trucks · 108 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2398261 USDOT 2417157 USDOT 3538604 USDOT 3932274 USDOT 4130684 USDOT 2590203 USDOT 3654779 USDOT 4201668

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

101

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: 8180 SIGNAL CT, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95824
Mailing address: 3575 ROCKY HILL CT, LOOMIS, CA, 95650
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (916) 408-5630
Fax: (916) 415-3418
Email: gurdip@capitalexpresslines.com
Web domain: capitalexpresslines.com

Registration

Officer: Gurdip Samra
USDOT / docket: 941034 · MC-404574
First registered: Mar 16, 2001
Last MCS-150: Sep 11, 2024 · 14,985,527 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 26, 2022
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

127

Drivers

127

CDL drivers

14,985,527

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 CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC.

CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC (USDOT 941034) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

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

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 707 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 517 vehicle-level and 702 driver-level — across 13 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 95 power units and 127 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 11, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 26, 2022 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC's USDOT number?

CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC's USDOT number is 941034, and its motor carrier number is MC-404574.

Is CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC authorized to operate?

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

What is CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC's safety record?

CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC has a 18.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 935 roadside inspections, with 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC's fleet?

CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC operates 95 power units and 127 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC based?

CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC is based in SACRAMENTO, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 13 states.

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