Carrier profile · USDOT 536111 · MC-312396 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

WILD WEST EXPRESS INC

114 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 25 statesLAS CRUCES, NM88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-312396 ACTIVERATED 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 12.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 451 vehicle and 709 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 5.2 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

691 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 44

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
3.1 / 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
114
Inspections · 24 mo
709
Annualized
355 / yr
Coverage
3.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
25%
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 Driving130 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance56 · 30 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance47 · 18 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
11False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 122 total · 6 in 24 mo

122
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
42
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254014
20243023
20232002
20225015
20214014
20205014
20191001
20184024
2017110011
20166016
20158047
20146135
20136025
20126016
20114014
20108118
20098048
20085034
20077047
20066144
20052002
20041010
20034032
20022002
20012022
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 14, 2026UT00Yes
Nov 18, 2025KS00Yes
Apr 12, 2025ID00Yes
Apr 5, 2025ID01Yes
Feb 3, 2025MT00Yes
Oct 20, 2024CO01Yes
Feb 23, 2024NM00Yes
Jan 11, 2024AZ01Yes
Oct 2, 2023WA00Yes
Aug 2, 2023AZ00Yes
Dec 15, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 18, 2022MO00Yes
May 25, 2022UT00Yes
Apr 12, 2022OR00Yes
Feb 11, 2022TX01Yes
Dec 15, 2021OR00Yes
Nov 12, 2021MN00Yes
Oct 28, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 18, 2021MO01Yes
Sep 22, 2020WA00Yes
Sep 3, 2020TX00Yes
Jul 26, 2020NM00Yes
Jun 23, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 21, 2020UT01No
Mar 9, 2019CO00Yes