KARWAN EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 3656532MC-Docket MC1262433PRINCETON, TX
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KARWAN EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3656532) in PRINCETON, 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.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 2 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 2 times, most recent 2024-12-31 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 9.8
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.47
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 10.69
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
3
Injuries
2
Crashes
38
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
19
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 5
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 48%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
- 2 times last 2024-12-31
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-28
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
46
Inspections
13
OOS inspections
88
Violations
21
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-14 → 2025-12-15.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-06-11
TX
3 injuredTow-away
2025-05-19
FL
Tow-away
2024-06-04
MO
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
34 | 12 | 2025-12-15 |
Hours of service 395
|
18 | 0 | 2025-12-03 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
15 | 0 | 2025-12-03 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
11 | 8 | 2025-12-15 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad | OOS |
| 2025-12-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inadequate lining/pad thickness | OOS |
| 2025-12-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking | OOS |
| 2025-12-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-12-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - Deflated air suspension | OOS |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Missing or inadequate Nonmetallic tubing spring guard | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Inoperable or missing trailer supply valve | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-06-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-05-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Non-manufactured hole or crack in the spring brake housing section of a parking brake | OOS |
| 2025-05-13 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - The ELD display screen is not viewable by an authorized official without entering the CMV | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Any leak from a brake valve | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - Discharging at a point forward or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify CMV trailer number. | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify shipping document number. | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-03-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-02-27 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-01-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | — |
| 2025-01-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps improper color height location. | — |
| 2025-01-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab and Body Parts - Hood not securely fastened | — |
| 2024-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Circumferential crack | OOS |
| 2024-09-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-09-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | — |
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.
2025-12-15 5 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47D2-BLTBD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
2025-12-10 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207F-SDAS | OOS | — |
2025-12-03 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24D-ELDPT | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45C-BSG | — | — |
2025-10-08 5 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43A-TSV | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-08-20 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-07-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2025-06-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2025-06-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2025-05-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-05-13 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BNMH | OOS | — |
2025-05-13 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-INAT | — | — |
2025-03-26 20 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II-ELDTN | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III-ELDSDN | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 20BELDNV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 20BELDNV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 20BELDNV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 20BELDNV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 20BELDNV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-ALBV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83G | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-03-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2025-02-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
2025-02-10 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
2025-02-06 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
2024-09-24 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-09-20 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
2024-09-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-09-09 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
2024-09-09 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2SLLHOS | — | — |
2024-09-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-03-13 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDOOS | — | — |
2024-02-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-06-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24(d) | — | — |
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