Carrier profile · USDOT 3124069 · MC-89555 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DNG EXPRESS INC

13 power unitsavg 13.2 yrRegional · 5 statesPALOS HILLS, IL80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-89555 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 37.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 26.0 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

74%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

47%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

61%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

58%

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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 2 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023		1	0	0	1
2022		1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 22, 2023	IL	0	0	Yes
Nov 4, 2022	WI	0	0	Yes