Carrier profile · USDOT 1644704 · MC-605772 · Updated Jun 28, 2026

Dixie Express LLC

DBA DIXIE EXPRESS

30 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 26 statesWAYNESBORO, MS74/100
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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 40.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 141 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

135 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 10

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
≈2.4 / 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
30
Inspections · 24 mo
141
Annualized
≈71 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
99%
Controlled Substances
Alert
77%
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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance36 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
12No log / no ELD
21False logs
13Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 3 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20241011
20232021
20223012
20219139
20204024
20193023
20181001
20172011
20164014
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 11, 2025MT00Yes
Mar 15, 2025WY01Yes
Mar 3, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 31, 2024LA01Yes
Sep 18, 2023LA02Yes
May 2, 2023MS01No
Dec 23, 2022FL02No
Jul 25, 2022CA00Yes
May 29, 2022WA00Yes
Nov 6, 2021FL01Yes
Nov 3, 2021LA00Yes
Sep 16, 2021ID01Yes
Jun 2, 2021MS00Yes
May 26, 2021FL00Yes
Mar 13, 2021FL01Yes
Jan 22, 2021AL00Yes
Jan 22, 2021AZ00Yes
Jan 21, 2021MS10Yes
Oct 28, 2020MS00Yes
Oct 3, 2020CA01Yes
Sep 20, 2020FL00Yes
Jan 5, 2020NM01Yes
Jul 24, 2019CA01Yes
Jul 7, 2019AZ00Yes
May 15, 2019TX03Yes