DES EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 2420344MC-Docket MC833603DALLAS, TX
Review before tendering20 power units
DES EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2420344) in DALLAS, TX — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 12 times, most recent 2024-08-26 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2024-04-18 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 2.22
Hours of service
No alert
measure 2.2
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.2
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.3
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
84
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
16
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 20
- Total drivers
- 20
- Years in business
- 13
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 6.3%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 22.5%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 12 times last 2024-08-26
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-05-04
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2024-04-18 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
128
Inspections
18
OOS inspections
193
Violations
27
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-29 → 2026-05-05.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-09-07
TX
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
72 | 8 | 2026-04-14 |
Hours of service 395
|
52 | 6 | 2026-04-14 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
19 | 1 | 2026-04-03 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 0 | 2025-02-11 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-08-28 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2025-12-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to note the malfunction of the ELD and provide written notice of the malfunction to the motor | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-04-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-04-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2026-04-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front belt material/casing ply showing in tread area | OOS |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to follow the Motor Carrier's and ELD provider's recommendations in resolving the data incons | — |
| 2026-01-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2026-01-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-12-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-10-30 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-10-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-10-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-10-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to review any unassigned driving time when prompted by the ELD | — |
| 2025-10-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-10-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-10-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | OOS |
| 2025-10-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-09-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the t | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the time of inspection. Time | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status that concealed an HOS limitation violation after the last | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-09-02 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV. | — |
| 2025-08-28 | Driver Fitness | Restriction - (CDL) - Operate a CMV in violation of a restriction | OOS |
| 2025-08-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the t | — |
| 2025-08-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status that concealed an HOS limitation violation after the last | — |
| 2025-08-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-08-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2025-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-07-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-07-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-07-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-14 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 34A1-ELDDFN | — | — |
2026-04-09 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2026-04-03 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2026-02-26 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WRAWFLMIB | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TFBMF | OOS | — |
2026-01-13 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WRAWFLMIB | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUCR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 34C | — | — |
2026-01-05 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-12-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 17 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
2025-10-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-10-29 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-10-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2025-10-13 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32B-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32B-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-10-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2025-10-01 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
2025-09-02 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16AD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-08-28 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDOOS | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 95A-LCDL | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPDIT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPDIT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDOOS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDOOS | — | — |
2025-08-26 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-08-20 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
2025-08-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2025-07-06 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F1-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30-B | — | — |
2025-06-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-06-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-06-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
2025-06-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2025-06-09 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2025-05-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
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