Carrier profile · USDOT 1205403 · MC-479021 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Frontera Express Limited Liability Company

20 power unitsavg 9.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesEAGLE PASS, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-479021 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 19.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 91 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 6.9 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 9

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
≈2.3 / 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
20
Inspections · 24 mo
91
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
91%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance55 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251010
20241001
20233013
20223023
20211001
20201001
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 11, 2025NY01No
May 30, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 30, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 20, 2023TX03Yes
Sep 25, 2022TX01Yes
Sep 25, 2022TX01Yes
May 12, 2022LA00Yes
Dec 14, 2021PA00Yes
Jan 12, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 8, 2017TX00Yes