HIWAY EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 1337869MC-Docket MC516023SUMNER, TX
Review before tendering18 power units
HIWAY EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 1337869) in SUMNER, TX — has findings to review before tendering. 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.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 12 times, most recent 2020-02-18 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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 0.85
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.14
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 7.29
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
0
Fatalities
1
Injuries
3
Crashes
32
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
10
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 18
- Total drivers
- 20
- Years in business
- 21
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 45%Above national
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
- 12 times last 2020-02-18
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-13
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
49
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
62
Violations
11
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-12 → 2026-05-16.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-09-30
TX
Tow-away
2025-04-23
TX
1 injuredTow-away
2024-06-13
IN
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
32 | 7 | 2026-01-16 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
9 | 2 | 2025-08-05 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
9 | 1 | 2025-11-21 |
Hours of service 395
|
6 | 0 | 2025-10-29 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both missing when required to be on. | OOS |
| 2026-01-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers upper rear retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after Decem | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers lower rear retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after Decem | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers rear impact guard retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or afte | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers upper rear retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after Decem | — |
| 2025-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-10-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-10-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-10-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Defective latching fasteners - Fasteners on either side of the vehicle are missing or ineffective | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Leak from air chamber | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | — |
| 2025-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Damaged securement system/tiedowns | — |
| 2025-07-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-04-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-04-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-04-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-02-19 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding work/construction zone | — |
| 2025-02-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to review any unassigned driving time when prompted by the ELD | — |
| 2024-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator for towed vehicles on vehicles manufactured after February 2001 | — |
| 2024-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2024-09-23 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | OOS |
| 2024-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2024-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking | — |
| 2024-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-07-09 | Unsafe Driving | Lane Restriction violation | — |
| 2024-06-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Inoperable or missing tractor protection valve | OOS |
| 2024-06-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 24 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-01-16 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLMWR | OOS | — |
2026-01-14 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSRIGRR | — | — |
2025-11-21 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-10-30 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 70B1I | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-10-29 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4 | — | — |
2025-08-13 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-LC | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BL | OOS | — |
2025-08-05 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
2025-07-29 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
2025-04-28 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2025-04-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
2025-02-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSWZ | — | — |
2025-02-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 32B-ELDDFR | — | — |
2024-12-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
2024-12-03 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D3 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
2024-09-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-09-05 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2024-07-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-06-21 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
2024-01-31 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B | — | — |
2024-01-25 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-01-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-11-08 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
2023-09-06 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(2) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(3)(i) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(2) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(3)(i) | — | — |
2023-08-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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