Carrier profile · USDOT 1749223 · MC-773697 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DM Express Inc

39 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 33 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-773697 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksdmexpressinc.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 32.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 129 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.7% · 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 36.3 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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 10

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / 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
39
Inspections · 24 mo
129
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
4False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 5 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253123
20243003
20231001
20224014
20203013
20193023
20182012
20171010
20162002
20132012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 3, 2026KY00Yes
Aug 23, 2025TN02Yes
Feb 19, 2025NE02Yes
Jan 5, 2025WV10Yes
Jul 8, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 8, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 30, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 18, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 21, 2022WY00Yes
Oct 17, 2022WV00Yes
Apr 29, 2022IL01Yes
Jan 15, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 12, 2020PA00Yes
Aug 25, 2020WI01Yes
Jan 11, 2020KY00Yes
Oct 17, 2019TN00Yes
Apr 25, 2019MO01Yes
Mar 15, 2019IL01Yes
Oct 8, 2018IN01Yes
Jan 3, 2018IL00Yes
Apr 30, 2017IL01No
Nov 9, 2016MN00Yes
Aug 16, 2016IL00Yes
Oct 22, 2013IN00Yes