Carrier profile · USDOT 2574054 · MC-900040 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Highland Dallas Freight Inc

12 power unitsavg 15 yrMulti-region · 15 statesDALLAS, TX68/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-900040 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

9 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

15.0Avg age (yr)

1999–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(214) 674-8994 Email dispatchHIGHLAND1@USA.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average47.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average13.2% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo47.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo47.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

15 yr

Model years 1999–2020 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

38 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 47.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 13.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 39.2 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 4

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

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 38
Annualized: ≈19 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Hallmark County’15–’18

United Specialty’19–’22

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC · since Feb 2026

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WORTH INSURANCE CO	Feb 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Aug 2024 → Feb 2025	$750K	3
ALPINE TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE RRG, INC.	Jan 2024 → Aug 2024	$750K	2
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2022 → Sep 2023	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2022	$750K	4
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2019	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2015 → Apr 2018	$750K	7
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Feb 2015 → Oct 2015	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 9
Trailers (towed): 11

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

15.0 yr

Average age

2020

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

90.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 15 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

SC busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

DALLAS, TX

10945 E ESTATE LN SUITE #157

Top corridor

SC ⇄ TX

SC 6 · TN 5 · NC 4

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3772909Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (10 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3499723 USDOT 3772909 USDOT 3801082 USDOT 3060805 USDOT 3169879

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@usa.com — 600 carriers: USDOT 161438 USDOT 167599 USDOT 385919 USDOT 397441 USDOT 427873 USDOT 434470 USDOT 583306 USDOT 587796

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 10945 E ESTATE LN SUITE #157, DALLAS, TX, 75238
Mailing address: 102 KELLI DR, FORNEY, TX, 75126
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (214) 674-8994
Email: highland1@usa.com
Web domain: usa.com

Registration

Officer: Hana Kassa
USDOT / docket: 2574054 · MC-900040
First registered: Jan 22, 2015
Last MCS-150: Mar 18, 2026 · 508,032 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 29, 2023
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 80407183

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

508,032

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC.

HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC (USDOT 2574054) has a Vektor safety score of 68/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC effective Feb 5, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 47.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 38 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 19 vehicle-level and 38 driver-level — across 15 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 12 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 18, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 29, 2023 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC's USDOT number?

HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC's USDOT number is 2574054, and its motor carrier number is MC-900040.

Is HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC's safety record?

HIGHLAND DALLAS FREIGHT INC has a 47.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 58 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 68/100 (tier: review).