Carrier profile · USDOT 1479667 · MC-558227 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Nile Express LLC

35 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 25 statesDALLAS, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-558227 ACTIVE
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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 21.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 101 vehicle and 176 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.0 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

175 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 18

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
≈2.5 / 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
35
Inspections · 24 mo
176
Annualized
≈88 / yr
Coverage
≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 11 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
14False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 7 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254114
20244014
20231001
20223003
20212002
20201001
20195015
20187036
20176126
20141001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 11, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 24, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 16, 2026GA01Yes
Aug 16, 2025OK10Yes
May 4, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 25, 2025MS00Yes
Mar 20, 2025MS00Yes
Jul 21, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 25, 2024WY00Yes
Feb 7, 2024TN01Yes
Jan 2, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 13, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 21, 2022CO00Yes
Mar 22, 2022CO00Yes
Mar 20, 2022KS00Yes
Apr 6, 2021CO00Yes
Jan 13, 2021KS00Yes
Feb 26, 2020MO00Yes
Nov 25, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 2, 2019TX01Yes
Jun 25, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 13, 2019MO00Yes
Mar 4, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 30, 2018SC00Yes
Oct 24, 2018TX01Yes