Carrier profile · USDOT 566372 · MC-277096 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Del Rey Express Inc

DBA DEL REY EXPRESS

41 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 3 statesSAN ANTONIO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-277096 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdelreyexpress.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 11.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 83 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 19.2 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 18

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
83
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
52%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.09measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
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 Maintenance22 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20242011
20221001
20201010
20192002
20181111
20171011
20141010
20101001
20091001
20081001
20031101
20001001
19982002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2026TX01No
Apr 26, 2024TX01No
Mar 5, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 5, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 30, 2020TX01No
Nov 4, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 25, 2019TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2018TX13Yes
Apr 7, 2017TX01Yes
Oct 3, 2014TX01No
Feb 12, 2010TX00Yes
Oct 27, 2009TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2008TX00Yes
Oct 1, 2003TX10Yes
Feb 16, 2000CA00Yes
Oct 5, 1998TX00Yes
Feb 22, 1998UT00Yes