Carrier profile · USDOT 3113527 · MC-83973 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

DB XPRESS INC

48 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 26 statesLAREDO, TX69/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-83973 ACTIVE
Verified linksdb-xpress.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 22.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 19.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 123 vehicle and 182 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.1% · 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 2.0 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

176 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / 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
48
Inspections · 24 mo
182
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
97%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 14 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness38 · 27 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 21 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance26 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
9False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 4 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20251001
20242002
20232112
20221010
20212022
20203003
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 24, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 4, 2026GA00Yes
Jul 30, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 28, 2024WY00Yes
Jun 16, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 17, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 23, 2023AR11Yes
Sep 27, 2022TX01No
Sep 2, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 2, 2021TX03Yes
Dec 2, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 26, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 17, 2020TN00Yes
Nov 30, 2019TX00Yes