Carrier profile · USDOT 1592966 · MC-589383 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

PANHANDLE EXPRESS LLC

90 power unitsavg 6.3 yrRegional · 5 statesHEREFORD, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-589383 ACTIVE
Verified linkspanhandleexpress.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 6.0%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 — 134 vehicle and 137 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 3.4 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

133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 10

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 90-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
137
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 48 total · 3 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20243012
20234034
20213022
20199129
20181001
20175044
20162022
20152012
20142002
20132012
20124024
20112012
20102012
20083003
20071011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 13, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2026TX00Yes
Sep 15, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 3, 2024TX00Yes
May 24, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2024TX01No
Nov 25, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 24, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 17, 2023TX02Yes
Jun 28, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 14, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 27, 2021TX01Yes
May 28, 2021TX01No
Nov 26, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 26, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 7, 2019NM10Yes
Aug 27, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 9, 2019TX02Yes
Apr 15, 2019TX01Yes
Apr 7, 2019TX00Yes
Mar 8, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 9, 2018NM00Yes
Nov 30, 2017TX01No
Sep 23, 2017TX00Yes