Carrier profile · USDOT 1919335 · MC-691456 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dark Horse Express LLC

15 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesHENDERSONVILLE, TN86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-691456 ACTIVE
Verified linksdarkhorseexpress.comFMCSA SAFER

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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 22.3 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 15-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 21 total · 0 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20212012
20203023
20194013
20185045
20171011
20162012
20151011
20141011
20121010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 5, 2022TN00Yes
Oct 25, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 5, 2021AL01Yes
Nov 16, 2020TN01Yes
Sep 5, 2020TN01Yes
Mar 13, 2020KY00Yes
Oct 20, 2019WI00Yes
Oct 3, 2019AL01No
Jun 1, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 31, 2019SC00Yes
Oct 8, 2018MS01Yes
Oct 7, 2018MS01Yes
Aug 6, 2018GA01Yes
Jun 22, 2018GA01Yes
Mar 29, 2018KY00Yes
Mar 18, 2017TX02Yes
May 7, 2016NC01Yes
Apr 30, 2016IN00Yes
Jul 28, 2015KY03Yes
Nov 16, 2014KY01Yes
Mar 29, 2012TN01No