Carrier profile · USDOT 2021241 · MC-711075 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DMS EXPRESS INC

16 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 20 statesINDIAN TRAIL, NC75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-711075 ACTIVE
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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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 21.0 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 3

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
65%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
17%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
14False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 4 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20252012
20231011
20211001
20201101
20192012
20181001
20171010
20151001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2026NY01Yes
Mar 1, 2026GA01Yes
Sep 25, 2025ME01Yes
Jan 13, 2025CT00Yes
Jan 4, 2023NC02Yes
Feb 14, 2021AR00Yes
Jun 8, 2020NE20Yes
Oct 29, 2019CO01Yes
Sep 26, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 21, 2018NC00Yes
Oct 1, 2017NC01No
Mar 29, 2015MO00Yes
Mar 26, 2013NE00Yes