Carrier profile · USDOT 2457309 · MC-848690 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SAMAX EXPRESS INC

100 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 35 statesLAREDO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-848690 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssamaxexpress.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 20.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 307 vehicle and 419 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.4% · 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 5.8 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

397 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 27

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
≈2.1 / 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
100
Inspections · 24 mo
419
Annualized
≈210 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
92%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving111 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance103 · 16 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance81 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance77 · 37 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance60 · 22 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness58 · 34 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance42 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

133 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

87ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
13False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 6 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20247026
20234033
20224004
20211001
20203022
20171001
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 12, 2026AR00Yes
Oct 11, 2025TX01Yes
May 8, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 2, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 6, 2024TX01No
Aug 2, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 23, 2024AZ00Yes
Jul 22, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 29, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2023AL01Yes
Feb 27, 2023NY01No
Jan 27, 2023TX02Yes
Dec 16, 2022NY00Yes
Aug 2, 2022LA00Yes
Feb 17, 2022AL00Yes
Jan 31, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 29, 2021SC00Yes
Oct 23, 2020TX01Yes
Jul 2, 2020NY01No
Feb 28, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 6, 2017AR00Yes
Oct 15, 2016MS00Yes