Carrier profile · USDOT 2043660 · MC-716555 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Central Freight Xpress Inc

41 power unitsavg 4.1 yrRegional · 7 statesOKLAHOMA CITY, OK94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-716555 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 16.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.5% · 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 6.3 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 14

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 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
107
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving55 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
9False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 5 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20232012
20214024
20192022
20184033
20162012
20152011
20141011
20133003
20122022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 31, 2026TX01Yes
Oct 29, 2025TX02Yes
Aug 21, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 27, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 15, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2023NM02Yes
Dec 10, 2021TX02Yes
Jul 30, 2021CA03Yes
Jul 22, 2021TX00Yes
May 8, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 4, 2019CA01Yes
Apr 13, 2019AZ01Yes
Oct 16, 2018CA01Yes
Sep 1, 2018OR01Yes
Jun 12, 2018CA00Yes
Feb 16, 2018TX01No
Jun 23, 2016CA01Yes
Jan 3, 2016OR00Yes
Dec 17, 2015TX01No
Apr 12, 2015AZ00Yes
Jan 24, 2014IN01Yes
Sep 19, 2013NM00Yes
Feb 2, 2013IN00Yes
Jan 12, 2013NM00Yes