Carrier profile · USDOT 2833025 · MC-947022 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SADDLE UP EXPRESS INCORPORATED

40 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 19 statesHORIZON CITY, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-947022 ACTIVE
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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 5.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 121 vehicle and 161 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 1.8 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

156 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 18

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
≈2.0 / 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
40
Inspections · 24 mo
161
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness9 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

56ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 52% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 3 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20241011
20237027
20224024
20213031
20203013
20192112
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 4, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 6, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 18, 2025OK01Yes
Mar 27, 2024TX02Yes
Dec 18, 2023SC00Yes
Dec 8, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 25, 2023MI03Yes
May 15, 2023TX00Yes
May 11, 2023LA00Yes
Feb 8, 2023AZ00Yes
Jan 20, 2023TX02Yes
Oct 23, 2022MO03Yes
Jul 21, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 20, 2022TN00Yes
Jul 4, 2022SC01Yes
Jun 13, 2021TX01No
Jun 1, 2021TX02No
Jan 25, 2021GA01Yes
Aug 27, 2020AR00Yes
Jun 1, 2020NE01Yes
Feb 12, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 29, 2019TX10Yes
Jul 25, 2019AL01Yes
Oct 11, 2018FL00Yes