Carrier profile · USDOT 1580845 · MC-585350 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DANWAYS EXPRESS LLC

15 power unitsavg 9.4 yrMulti-region · 15 statesN RICHLAND HILLS, TX81/100
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 22.6 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 6

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 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
95%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
68%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
  • 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
10False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 2 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20241001
20222002
20212002
20201001
20191001
20181001
20172012
20162021
20152012
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2026SC00Yes
Oct 9, 2025VA04Yes
Jul 27, 2024MS00Yes
Oct 4, 2022TN00Yes
May 24, 2022VA00Yes
Apr 21, 2021LA00Yes
Mar 25, 2021TN00Yes
Mar 11, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 11, 2019OK00Yes
May 31, 2018TN00Yes
Sep 27, 2017LA01Yes
Sep 19, 2017LA00Yes
Jul 5, 2016TX01No
Mar 14, 2016TX01Yes
Sep 10, 2015LA01Yes
Jun 27, 2015PA00Yes
Dec 16, 2011LA00Yes