Carrier profile · USDOT 2036998 · MC-714900 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

OUT WEST EXPRESS LLC

1 power unitavg 7.3 yrRegional · 5 statesEL PASO, TX70/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-714900 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 10.9 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3

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
≈5.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈5.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.66measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
2.28measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 12, 2024. 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
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 187 total · 1 in 24 mo

187
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
52
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20242002
2023221621
2022221422
2021230722
2020260826
2019221922
2018221322
2017130113
20169049
2015100310
20144023
20136026
20125024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 1, 2026VA01Yes
Jun 14, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 22, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 28, 2023TX02Yes
Nov 18, 2023AR00Yes
Nov 11, 2023TX10Yes
Nov 10, 2023AR00Yes
Oct 26, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 5, 2023VA01Yes
Aug 27, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 26, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 21, 2023TX01No
Jul 30, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 8, 2023TN00Yes
May 24, 2023LA00Yes
May 12, 2023FL00Yes
May 4, 2023LA00Yes
Apr 18, 2023AZ00Yes
Apr 7, 2023TX01Yes
Apr 5, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 1, 2023CA01Yes
Mar 31, 2023TX01Yes
Mar 27, 2023MS00Yes
Feb 28, 2023SC00Yes
Feb 5, 2023TX00Yes