Carrier profile · USDOT 2318362 · MC-791454 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Hunter Express US Inc

202 power unitsavg 6.4 yrMulti-region · 15 statesLAREDO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-791454 ACTIVE
Verified linkshunterexpressus.comFMCSA SAFER

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 21.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 249 vehicle and 366 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.5% · 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

354 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 28

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 202-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
202
Inspections · 24 mo
366
Annualized
≈183 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
86%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving129 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance77 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance51 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 37 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance45 · 21 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness24 · 13 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
6False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 64 total · 18 in 24 mo

64
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
2025100410
20245124
20236036
20227107
2021100410
20209048
20194024
20181001
20175025
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 22, 2026IN00Yes
Jul 16, 2026AR00Yes
Jun 14, 2026MI01Yes
May 11, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 25, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 23, 2026AR00Yes
Oct 28, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2025AR01Yes
Sep 21, 2025IL02Yes
Sep 1, 2025OK01Yes
Aug 4, 2025TX00Yes
May 6, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 30, 2025KY00Yes
Mar 12, 2025TX01Yes
Feb 19, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 4, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 3, 2024TX01No
Oct 30, 2024MO00Yes
Jul 13, 2024AR11Yes
May 15, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 21, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 8, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 30, 2023TX05Yes
Apr 15, 2023AR01Yes
Feb 20, 2023MI01Yes