Carrier profile · USDOT 2334111 · MC-463171 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

EL EXPRESO GROUP LLC

DBA EL EXPRESO BUS COMPANY

0 power unitsavg 5.6 yrRegional · 4 statesHOUSTON, TX79/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-463171 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkselexpreso.netFMCSA 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 6.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 300 vehicle and 670 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.0% · 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 4.6 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

668 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 49

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
7%
Hours-of-Service
official FMCSA
67%
Driver Fitness
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
13%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20224014
20192002
20183023
20176016
20162011
20141001
20132112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 13, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 12, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2022TX01Yes
Apr 5, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 23, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 10, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 17, 2018TX01Yes
May 28, 2018FL00Yes
Mar 5, 2018TX01Yes
Oct 2, 2017SC00Yes
Aug 5, 2017FL00Yes
Apr 30, 2017TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2017TX00Yes
Feb 1, 2017LA04Yes
Jan 29, 2017FL00Yes
Oct 7, 2016TX00Yes
Aug 24, 2016LA01No
Jan 31, 2014TX00Yes
Sep 19, 2013TX26Yes
May 8, 2013FL00Yes