Carrier profile · USDOT 2953404 · MC-422 · Updated Jul 15, 2026

DART X INC

DBA DART EXPRESS

183 power unitsavg 7.5 yrNational · 22 statesEAGAN, MN70/100
BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-422 BROKER ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 14.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 292 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.0% · 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 2.3 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

273 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 17

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 183-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
183
Inspections · 24 mo
292
Annualized
≈146 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving171 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 100 total · 18 in 24 mo

100
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266006
20258058
2024110510
2023111111
2022120212
2021151715
20205105
2019131313
2018140414
20175005
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 20, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 19, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 17, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 17, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 15, 2026OH00Yes
Sep 5, 2025IN01Yes
Jul 30, 2025IN01Yes
Jun 25, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 3, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 10, 2025PA02Yes
Apr 3, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 6, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 5, 2025IN03Yes
Dec 26, 2024OH02Yes
Dec 5, 2024OH01No
Nov 16, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 11, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 29, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 28, 2024PA01Yes
Jun 18, 2024OH00Yes
May 31, 2024MO01Yes
Apr 19, 2024WI00Yes
Apr 8, 2024GA04Yes
Feb 8, 2024IN00Yes