Carrier profile · USDOT 2525164 · MC-876982 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

NEA EXPRESS LLC

40 power unitsavg 5.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesLAREDO, TX94/100
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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 10.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 47 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 16.2 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 6

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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.

  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 1 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20232002
20221011
20211011
20191011
20181001
20162002
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 24, 2026TX01Yes
Nov 15, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 27, 2022TX02Yes
May 12, 2021TX01Yes
Apr 10, 2019TN01Yes
Feb 4, 2018VA00Yes
Oct 30, 2016IL00Yes
Mar 30, 2016KS00Yes
Dec 20, 2015TX00Yes