Carrier profile · USDOT 2090516 · MC-729730 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MS EXPRESS INC

44 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 21 statesLAREDO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-729730 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmsexpress.usFMCSA 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 13.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 139 vehicle and 164 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 5.3 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

160 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / 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
44
Inspections · 24 mo
164
Annualized
≈82 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
86%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Maintenance43 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 18 total · 1 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20233003
20222002
20211001
20202112
20191011
20181001
20173022
20162012
20121010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 19, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 13, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 30, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2023KY00Yes
Jan 30, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 5, 2022GA00Yes
Nov 25, 2022AR00Yes
Oct 1, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 20, 2020TX10Yes
Jul 28, 2020TX01Yes
May 11, 2019MS01Yes
Sep 5, 2018KY00Yes
Oct 21, 2017TX01No
Aug 14, 2017TX00Yes
Jan 25, 2017NC01Yes
Jun 21, 2016AR00Yes
May 12, 2016IN01Yes
Apr 24, 2012TX01No