Carrier profile · USDOT 534459 · MC-238928 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DILLARD-LEWIS INC

DBA HIGHLAND EXPRESS SHUTTLE SERVICE

0 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 3 statesRALEIGH, NC88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-238928 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 2.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 1.9 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 9

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

official FMCSA

Hours-of-Service

0violations

official FMCSA

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

official FMCSA

Vehicle Maintenance

.14measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.79 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 69 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	1	2
2023	2	0	2	2
2018	2	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1	0
2015	1	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	1	1	1	1
2007	2	0	2	1
2003	1	0	0	1
2001	1	1	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 4, 2025	SC	0	1	Yes
Sep 8, 2025	VA	0	0	Yes
Mar 17, 2023	MO	0	1	Yes
Mar 17, 2023	MO	0	1	Yes
Mar 28, 2018	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 5, 2018	IA	1	9	Yes
Aug 11, 2017	TX	0	1	No
Oct 13, 2015	GA	0	1	Yes
Nov 5, 2012	AL	0	1	Yes
Sep 7, 2010	AL	1	3	Yes
Sep 24, 2007	PA	0	4	No
Feb 6, 2007	VA	0	3	Yes
Sep 9, 2003	MO	0	0	Yes
Oct 2, 2001	NC	1	12	Yes