Carrier profile · USDOT 573265 · MC-278825 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

TRIPLE D EXPRESS INC

23 power unitsavg 3.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesST PAULS, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278825 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 15.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 124 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 17.5 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 10

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
2.7 / 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
23
Inspections · 24 mo
124
Annualized
62 / yr
Coverage
2.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 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.

12ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 39 total · 2 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20233033
20224123
20202002
20192012
20182022
20171001
20163013
20141001
20121011
20101001
20092022
20081001
20072002
20062012
20052012
20041001
20022112
20001001
19991011
19972012
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 27, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 19, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 24, 2023NC01Yes
Oct 11, 2023NC01Yes
Jul 4, 2023GA01Yes
Oct 18, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 10, 2022SC10Yes
Jun 22, 2022TN01Yes
May 5, 2022NC01No
Sep 16, 2020NC00Yes
Sep 10, 2020NC00Yes
Dec 10, 2019GA00Yes
Jan 14, 2019NC01Yes
Feb 3, 2018SC03Yes
Jan 31, 2018SC01Yes
Jan 18, 2017NC00Yes
Apr 20, 2016NC01Yes
Jan 22, 2016NC00Yes
Jan 16, 2016AL00Yes
Jun 10, 2014SC00Yes
Nov 7, 2012NC01Yes
Jun 13, 2010WV00Yes
Sep 22, 2009AL02Yes
Jul 24, 2009NC01Yes
Mar 19, 2008SC00Yes