Carrier profile · USDOT 1827650 · MC-662991 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MATERIAL EXPRESS INC

72 power unitsavg 13.9 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-662991 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 18.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 64 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · 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 19.4 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

65 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Apr '25 · 7

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 72-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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 Maintenance38 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 21, 2023. 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
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 51 total · 2 in 24 mo

51
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241001
20222121
20212012
20201001
2019120411
20183033
20174044
20168128
20155035
20143122
20126043
20112012
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026TX00Yes
Nov 19, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 22, 2022TX12Yes
Aug 2, 2022TX01No
Oct 22, 2021TX01Yes
Mar 3, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 2, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2019TX01Yes
Nov 7, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2019TX01Yes
Oct 16, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 26, 2019TX02Yes
Jul 23, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 26, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 12, 2019TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2019TX01No
Mar 28, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 27, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2019TX00Yes
May 30, 2018TX01Yes
Apr 4, 2018TX01Yes
Feb 15, 2018TX02Yes
Aug 2, 2017TX01Yes
Apr 18, 2017TX01Yes
Jan 31, 2017TX01Yes