Carrier profile · USDOT 2443340 · MC-843055 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

DM Express Inc

1 power unitavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesGARY, IN68/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-843055 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

14 observed · MCS-150

17Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.5Avg age (yr)

2005–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(888) 464-4405 Email dispatchsafety@dmexpress.us

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average36.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.

In good standing · 1

Established 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.5 yr

Model years 2005–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

19 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 36.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 4.0 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4

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

≈9.5 / 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: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈9.5 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Ace Property’17–’21

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Oct 2022 → Dec 2023	$750K	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2021 → Oct 2022	$750K	2
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Oct 2021	$750K	8
AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE	Oct 2016 → Oct 2017	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2015 → Oct 2016	$750K	2
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Nov 2013 → Feb 2014	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 14
Trailers (towed): 17

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

51.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KY busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

GARY, IN

3695 E 15TH AVE

Top corridor

KY ⇄ IN

KY 5 · IN 4 · CO 2

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (67 trucks · 68 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3225405 USDOT 3619022 USDOT 4176228 USDOT 239699 USDOT 1467802 USDOT 3555706 USDOT 2987928 USDOT 3480971

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3695 E 15TH AVE, GARY, IN, 46403
Mailing address: 1520 BLAINE ST BLDG 2, GARY, IN, 46406
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (888) 464-4405
Fax: (219) 627-2417
Email: safety@dmexpress.us
Web domain: dmexpress.us

Registration

Officer: Dejana Trkulja
USDOT / docket: 2443340 · MC-843055
First registered: Oct 4, 2013
Last MCS-150: Sep 2, 2025 · 19,810,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

19,810,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for DM EXPRESS INC.

DM EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2443340) has a Vektor safety score of 68/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 36.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 19 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 19 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 2, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DM EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

DM EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2443340, and its motor carrier number is MC-843055.

Is DM EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, DM EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DM EXPRESS INC's safety record?

DM EXPRESS INC has a 36.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 78 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 68/100 (tier: review).

How big is DM EXPRESS INC's fleet?

DM EXPRESS INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is DM EXPRESS INC based?

DM EXPRESS INC is based in GARY, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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