Carrier profile · USDOT 3042983 · MC-45664 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

MICAR EXPRESS LLC

13 power unitsavg 14.5 yrRegional · 7 statesBROWNSVILLE, TX56/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-45664 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 38.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 13.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 32.7 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

70 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Dec '24 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 73
Annualized: ≈37 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

71%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

91%

Driver Fitness

Alert

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

95%

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 Maintenance66 · 19 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving40 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance40 · 19 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance39 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 7 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 6 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

34ELD device issues

4No log / no ELD

4False logs

1Drove over hours

14 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 5 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	3	1	2	1
2022	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 11, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 7, 2023	AR	0	3	Yes
Mar 24, 2023	TX	0	1	No
Mar 23, 2023	TX	1	0	No
Aug 15, 2022	TX	0	0	Yes