Carrier profile · USDOT 362702 · MC-264276 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Fuel South Express LLC

606 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 27 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-264276 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 4.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,334 vehicle and 1,432 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.8% · 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 1.8 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

1,382 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 102

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 606-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
606
Inspections · 24 mo
1,432
Annualized
≈716 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance152 · 19 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving141 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance72 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance63 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 37 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 5 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther20 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

87 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

67ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
2False logs
4Drove over hours

22 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 246 total · 66 in 24 mo

246
Total crashes
66
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
81
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026120310
2025430842
20243911438
20234111440
2022373835
2021220821
20204014
20196026
20184024
20172002
20165125
20154024
20142122
20131001
20125125
20111001
20092012
20081011
20062021
20051010
20042021
20022021
20001001
19992021
19981001
19972022
19942002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 27, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 25, 2026LA00Yes
Jul 24, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 5, 2026NC01No
Jun 17, 2026AL00Yes
May 30, 2026AZ00Yes
May 22, 2026AZ00Yes
May 4, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 11, 2026AZ00Yes
Apr 11, 2026CO00Yes
Feb 25, 2026FL03Yes
Jan 3, 2026NC01No
Dec 18, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 9, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 8, 2025AZ00Yes
Nov 21, 2025FL01Yes
Nov 16, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 30, 2025SC01Yes
Oct 29, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 23, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 16, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 12, 2025AZ00Yes
Sep 30, 2025MN00Yes
Sep 27, 2025FL00Yes