VANGUARD EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 2338618MC-Docket MC798515SACHSE, TX
Do not tender15 power units
VANGUARD EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2338618) in SACHSE, TX — carries a hard disqualifier. 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.
- 2 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2018-11-21 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- 1 fatal crash(es) in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 4 times, most recent 2022-01-10 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2013-08-14 (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
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.73
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.45
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.65
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 6.25
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
1
Fatalities
1
Injuries
2
Crashes
25
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
8
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 15
- Total drivers
- 17
- Years in business
- 14
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 3.8%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 21.1%
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
- 4 times last 2022-01-10
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-24
- Insurance lapse history
- 2 lapse(s) most recent 2018-11-21
- Last compliance review
- 2013-08-14 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
32
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
59
Violations
12
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-29 → 2026-03-21.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-02-19
AR
1 fatal
2025-12-23
GA
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
25 | 6 | 2026-03-21 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
10 | 0 | 2026-03-21 |
Hours of service 395
|
7 | 1 | 2024-12-17 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 0 | 2025-12-23 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2026-01-29 |
Financial responsibility (insurance) 387
|
1 | 0 | 2024-12-13 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2026-03-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2026-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-01-29 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2026-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-12-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-12-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-12-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-12-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-12-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2025-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-12-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-12-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2024-12-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Adjustable axle locking pins missing or not engaged | — |
| 2024-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2024-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2024-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2024-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2024-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2024-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-08-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2024-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-06-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
| 2024-06-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area with inflation more than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | — |
| 2024-06-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status that concealed an HOS limitation violation after the last | — |
| 2024-06-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2024-05-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to assume or decline unassigned driving time | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 17 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-03-21 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLMF | — | — |
2026-02-26 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLUV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2026-02-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-01-29 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
2025-12-23 4 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203C-CBP | — | — |
2025-12-06 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
2025-11-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2025-07-16 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
2024-12-17 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2024-12-13 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2IRP | — | — |
| Financial responsibility (insurance) 387 | 301A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207B | — | — |
2024-07-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-06-20 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(g) | — | — |
2024-06-06 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-ATIS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
2024-05-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 32(b) | — | — |
2024-03-06 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-02-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-01-04 6 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUCR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45A-BHTIJ | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D3-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | OOS | — |
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