Carrier profile · USDOT 1297451 · MC-501819 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC

30 power unitsavg 12.1 yrRegional · 5 statesAMARILLO, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-501819 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 48.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 98 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · 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 14.5 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

97 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month May '25 · 9

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈1.6 / 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
30
Inspections · 24 mo
98
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance86 · 11 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 9 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 38 total · 14 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269029
20254023
20242012
20231001
20214104
20182022
20172121
20124032
20113003
20103013
20093003
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 8, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2026LA00Yes
Jun 6, 2026LA00Yes
May 6, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2026LA01Yes
Mar 7, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 6, 2026LA01Yes
Feb 6, 2026LA00Yes
Oct 12, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2025TX02No
May 29, 2025LA00Yes
Mar 8, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 27, 2024AR01Yes
Jan 27, 2024AR00Yes
Aug 10, 2023LA00Yes
Dec 1, 2021TX10Yes
Oct 10, 2021TX00Yes
May 17, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 4, 2018OK01Yes
Feb 28, 2018TX01Yes
Dec 15, 2017TX01No
Oct 23, 2017TX11Yes
Nov 14, 2012TX02Yes