Carrier profile · USDOT 2128019 · MC-743010 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DX XPRESS INC

586 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 24 statesLAREDO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-743010 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 13.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,274 vehicle and 1,816 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

1,754 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 103

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 586-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
586
Inspections · 24 mo
1,816
Annualized
≈908 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
86%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving346 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance265 · 40 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance157 · 34 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance147 · 101 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance139 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance125 · 25 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness114 · 72 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance102 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance76 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance69 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

355 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

241ELD device issues
18No log / no ELD
39False logs
25Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 116 total · 37 in 24 mo

116
Total crashes
37
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
36
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269029
2025191617
2024170617
2023161615
20226016
20217007
20207017
2019160815
20185035
20172012
20164014
20143013
20134004
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 5, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 8, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 8, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 17, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 4, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2026LA03Yes
Feb 19, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 26, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 25, 2026IL01Yes
Dec 17, 2025TX01No
Dec 17, 2025TX01No
Nov 30, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 25, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 30, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 14, 2025KY00Yes
Sep 29, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 31, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 28, 2025MI02Yes
Jul 25, 2025TX21Yes
Jul 9, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 26, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 26, 2025OK00Yes
Apr 18, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2025AR00Yes
Feb 28, 2025TX00Yes