TRIPLE D EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 10
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 23
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 124
- Annualized
- ≈62 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈2.7 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 39 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 4, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2022 | SC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2022 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 5, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 16, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2018 | SC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2018 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2017 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2016 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2016 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2014 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2012 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2010 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2009 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2009 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2008 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |