Carrier profile · USDOT 202381 · MC-157626 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Navajo Express Inc

296 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 40 statesDENVER, CO74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-157626 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnavajo.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 37.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 505 vehicle and 1,050 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.5% · 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 4.6 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

1,030 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 58

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
≈1.8 / 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
296
Inspections · 24 mo
1,050
Annualized
≈525 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
91%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
79%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
88%
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 Driving469 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance241 · 203 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance151 · 50 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance114 · 24 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance106 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance73 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance70 · 49 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance70 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance66 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance64 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

255 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

111ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
41False logs
72Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,379 total · 30 in 24 mo

1,379
Total crashes
30
In last 24 mo
40
Fatal
481
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
202610059
2025190419
2024131412
2023180418
2022290729
2021411941
20206522460
20194401142
20187112568
20176221459
20164911646
20154201242
20147252069
20135501553
20123831035
20113501335
2010450845
20094641845
20082901128
2007423942
20064111538
20054112139
20045302653
20034942146
20024021438
20012831026
2000210920
19992601422
1998280927
19972721525
19968065
19953201730
19943941934
19935602445
19923201324
199116058
199016044
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026MO01No
Jun 16, 2026IN01Yes
Apr 29, 2026OH01Yes
Apr 17, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 27, 2026AZ00Yes
Feb 26, 2026MO01Yes
Feb 24, 2026WY01Yes
Jan 30, 2026CO00Yes
Jan 6, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 2, 2026NE00Yes
Dec 29, 2025PA06Yes
Dec 17, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 9, 2025WY01Yes
Nov 29, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 26, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 29, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 21, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 1, 2025CO00Yes
Sep 3, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 26, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 20, 2025CO01Yes
Jun 22, 2025AZ02Yes
Jun 19, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 21, 2025MO00Yes
Apr 10, 2025GA00Yes