Carrier profile · USDOT 2302042 · MC-785934 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

GATEWAY EXPRESS LLC

114 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 26 statesLAREDO, TX94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-785934 ACTIVE
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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 3.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 182 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.5% · 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

175 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 11

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 114-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
114
Inspections · 24 mo
182
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20243013
20231011
20224014
20214034
20203003
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026AR00Yes
Feb 22, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 14, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 13, 2024KS00Yes
May 26, 2024AL02Yes
Jan 17, 2023MO01Yes
Oct 3, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2022GA00Yes
May 28, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 15, 2022TX01Yes
Sep 3, 2021GA01Yes
May 1, 2021TX01Yes
Feb 16, 2021KY01Yes
Jan 30, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 19, 2020TN00Yes
Jun 3, 2020AR00Yes
Apr 29, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 15, 2018IL00Yes