Carrier profile · USDOT 1905406 · MC-683989 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

SP EXPRESS LLC

8 power unitsavg 16.9 yrNational · 16 statesEL PASO, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-683989 ACTIVERATED 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 28.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 14.0 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

52 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 6

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
≈3.3 / 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
8
Inspections · 24 mo
53
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈3.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
92%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
93%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 3 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

65 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

38ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
2False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9 total · 2 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241001
20222022
20211001
20191001
20151010
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 13, 2025TX00Yes
May 23, 2025PA00Yes
Jun 28, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 4, 2022AR01Yes
Aug 8, 2022TN02Yes
Feb 16, 2021TX00Yes
May 7, 2019TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2015AL02No
Jan 19, 2013TX00Yes