Carrier profile · USDOT 2138128 · MC-744519 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DBT XPRESS LLC

11 power unitsavg 18.1 yrRegional · 7 statesNORTH BERGEN, NJ74/100
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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 64.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 18.7 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
11
Inspections · 24 mo
24
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Alert
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 5 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263032
20251001
20241011
20221011
20202002
20171001
20141001
20132022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026NJ01Yes
Jun 8, 2026NJ03No
May 18, 2026NJ01Yes
Mar 10, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 7, 2024NY03Yes
Jun 2, 2022NJ01Yes
Oct 2, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2020VT00Yes
Jun 20, 2017NJ00Yes
Mar 31, 2014NJ00Yes
Aug 12, 2013NJ02Yes
Feb 1, 2013PA02Yes