Carrier profile · USDOT 418881 · MC-259711 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DHS EXPRESS INC

9 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 6 statesKINGSPORT, TN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-259711 ACTIVE
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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 85.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 25.0 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4

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 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.72measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
81%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.15 Automatic on-board recording deviceHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20201011
20191011
20173013
20152002
20141011
20133013
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2025AZ00Yes
Jul 5, 2020AL01Yes
Sep 6, 2019AL03Yes
Jul 13, 2017LA01Yes
May 13, 2017AL00Yes
Mar 13, 2017IN00Yes
Jul 10, 2015TN00Yes
Jun 29, 2015PA00Yes
Jun 25, 2014IN02Yes
Dec 22, 2013TN03Yes
Jun 16, 2013TN00Yes
Feb 15, 2013TN00Yes
Dec 4, 2011OK01Yes