Carrier profile · USDOT 2066413 · MC-722598 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TRANSCAR EXPRESS LLC

89 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 26 statesBROWNSVILLE, TX94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-722598 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 14.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 350 vehicle and 420 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.9% · 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 5.1 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

403 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 26

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
≈2.4 / 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
89
Inspections · 24 mo
420
Annualized
≈210 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance138 · 26 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance95 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance73 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance56 · 20 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance49 · 29 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

51 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
6False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 56 total · 11 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255015
20246056
20226045
20217026
20204023
20197046
20187007
20174024
20162012
20151011
20143022
20133013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 10, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2025TN01Yes
Jun 11, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 16, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 2, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 16, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 10, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 27, 2024KY06Yes
Aug 7, 2024LA00Yes
Feb 26, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 7, 2022NC01Yes
Jun 21, 2022TX01No
Jun 11, 2022NM01Yes
Apr 17, 2022LA03Yes
Apr 10, 2022LA00Yes
Jan 14, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 23, 2021MS00Yes
Oct 9, 2021KY00Yes
Aug 11, 2021IN00Yes
Jul 30, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2021IL02Yes
Jun 6, 2021VA00Yes
Jan 14, 2021TX01No