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DIXIE EXPRESS LLC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 39.4% (24-mo)71 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.6% (24-mo)142 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%

030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

13.2% now● Stable

Holding near 13.2% — under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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

≈2.4 / 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: 142
Annualized: ≈71 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

78%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

96%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

11%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

99%

Controlled Substances

Alert

78%

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 Driving55
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance36 · 7 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 13 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 13 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11

ELD & hours-of-service

61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 05/07/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues

12No log / no ELD

21False logs

13Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 33 total · 4 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	3	0	1	3
2024	1	0	1	1
2023	2	0	2	1
2022	3	0	1	2
2021	9	1	3	9
2020	4	0	2	4
2019	3	0	2	3
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	1	1
2016	4	0	1	4
2012	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
08/11/2025	MT	0	0	Yes
03/15/2025	WY	0	1	Yes
03/03/2025	AL	0	0	Yes
08/31/2024	LA	0	1	Yes
09/18/2023	LA	0	2	Yes
05/02/2023	MS	0	1	No
12/23/2022	FL	0	2	No
07/25/2022	CA	0	0	Yes
05/29/2022	WA	0	0	Yes
11/06/2021	FL	0	1	Yes
11/03/2021	LA	0	0	Yes
09/16/2021	ID	0	1	Yes
06/02/2021	MS	0	0	Yes
05/26/2021	FL	0	0	Yes
03/13/2021	FL	0	1	Yes
01/22/2021	AL	0	0	Yes
01/22/2021	AZ	0	0	Yes
01/21/2021	MS	1	0	Yes
10/28/2020	MS	0	0	Yes
10/03/2020	CA	0	1	Yes
09/20/2020	FL	0	0	Yes
01/05/2020	NM	0	1	Yes
07/24/2019	CA	0	1	Yes
07/07/2019	AZ	0	0	Yes
05/15/2019	TX	0	3	Yes