Carrier profile · USDOT 2443340 · MC-843055 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DM EXPRESS INC

1 power unitavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesGARY, IN56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-843055 INACTIVEUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
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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 36.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 5.2 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈9.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈9.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
9False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 45 total · 0 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20237026
2022112411
20216016
20204014
20194034
20188018
20175015
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 30, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 18, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 3, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 14, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 3, 2023NY01No
Apr 3, 2023NC01Yes
Mar 21, 2023IN00Yes
Dec 30, 2022TN00Yes
Nov 18, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 18, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 9, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 21, 2022TN00Yes
Jun 21, 2022FL11Yes
Jun 21, 2022FL02Yes
Jun 18, 2022FL00Yes
May 1, 2022TX01Yes
Jan 26, 2022OK14Yes
Jan 24, 2022KY00Yes
Jul 5, 2021GA00Yes
Jun 19, 2021IL01Yes
Feb 15, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 13, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 1, 2021PA00Yes
Jan 1, 2021IN00Yes
Dec 30, 2020MN00Yes