Carrier profile · USDOT 3024249 · MC-36026 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

HOPE 27 EXPRESS LLC

43 power unitsavg 10.5 yrNational · 29 statesDALLAS, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-36026 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 47.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 83 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

63.6% · 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 17.4 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

80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 8

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 43-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
83
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving41 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
19False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9 total · 4 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253003
20232002
20212002
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 1, 2026OK01Yes
May 10, 2025KS00Yes
Jan 16, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 4, 2025KS00Yes
Oct 15, 2023WV00Yes
Jul 25, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 4, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 3, 2021CO00Yes
Dec 8, 2020IN00Yes