Carrier profile · USDOT 1682613 · MC-618287 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Santiago Express Inc

0 power unitsRegional · 5 statesDALLAS, TX68/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-618287 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 35.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 18.3 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 8

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

.57measure

SMS · per-BASIC

87%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

official FMCSA

29%

Vehicle Maintenance

official FMCSA

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 2 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
387.31 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 19, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 9 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	1	0
2018	3	0	1	3
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	1	1	1
2012	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 19, 2023	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jul 10, 2022	CA	0	0	Yes
Jun 6, 2021	TX	0	1	No
Jul 27, 2018	TX	0	0	Yes
May 2, 2018	CA	0	0	Yes
Apr 16, 2018	TX	0	1	Yes
Nov 17, 2017	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 31, 2016	MO	1	5	Yes
May 4, 2012	IL	0	1	Yes