Carrier profile · USDOT 1065876 · MC-442758 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

Diesel Express Inc

107 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 28 statesBLUE MOUNTAIN, MS81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-442758 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 29.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 122 vehicle and 265 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.8% · 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 8.7 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

260 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 20

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 107-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
107
Inspections · 24 mo
267
Annualized
≈134 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving103 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 48 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
8Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 129 total · 13 in 24 mo

129
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
46
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20256035
20248038
2023110111
20228137
20217007
20208128
2019131612
2018110311
20176035
20165024
20154014
20141011
20117035
20103012
20096036
20083003
20076126
20064042
20053023
20044014
20032002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026KY01Yes
Jun 2, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 9, 2026OH00Yes
Sep 9, 2025KY00Yes
May 9, 2025TN01Yes
Apr 19, 2025TN01No
Apr 9, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 19, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 15, 2025TN02Yes
Nov 14, 2024AL01Yes
Nov 7, 2024KY02Yes
Sep 23, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 22, 2024MS01Yes
Aug 8, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 31, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 29, 2024MA00Yes
Jan 15, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 27, 2023AL00Yes
Dec 7, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 12, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 21, 2023OH00Yes
Jun 14, 2023MS00Yes
May 13, 2023TN00Yes
Apr 27, 2023AL00Yes
Mar 30, 2023TX01Yes