Carrier profile · USDOT 2132283 · MC-742649 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MC1 EXPRESS LLC

30 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 16 statesLAREDO, TX82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-742649 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmc1express.comFMCSA SAFER

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 9.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 4.2 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 7

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 30-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
81
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
57%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 6 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20243023
20232012
20211011
20152101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 6, 2025OK00Yes
Oct 16, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 19, 2025AR01Yes
Nov 3, 2024TX02Yes
Oct 18, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2024AR01Yes
Nov 27, 2023NC01Yes
Feb 1, 2023MO00Yes
Apr 3, 2021VA01Yes
Oct 25, 2015TX10No
Jan 25, 2015TX00Yes