Carrier profile · USDOT 288155 · MC-186214 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

Daybreak Express Inc

174 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 31 statesNEWARK, NJ88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-186214 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

174Power units

93 observed · MCS-150

145Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1987.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 334 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

14 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

174 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1987 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

19 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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27 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 7, 2026.

Safety

205 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 20.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 123 vehicle and 205 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.2% · 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 2.6 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

202 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 15

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 174-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 174
Inspections · 24 mo: 205
Annualized: ≈103 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving68 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 9 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 10 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 19 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’24 · 14 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United States’04–’08

Wausau’09–’12

Wesco’14–’24

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. · since Oct 2024

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2014 → Oct 2024	$1M	2
THE FIRST LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Oct 2012 → Oct 2014	$1M	1
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2009 → Oct 2012	$1M	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jul 2009 → Oct 2009	$1M	1
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2008 → Jul 2009	$1M	2
NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2007 → Dec 2008	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2004 → Jan 2008	$1M	2
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2003 → Jan 2005	$1M	3
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Dec 2000 → Dec 2003	$1M	1
UNITED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2000 → Dec 2000	$1M	3
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1997 → Aug 2000	$1M	5
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1996 → Nov 1997	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1995 → Jun 1996	$1M	4
ST. PAUL PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1993 → Jun 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 14, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 174
Observed power (24 mo): 93
Trailers (towed): 145

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

55.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 31 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 14, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

202

VA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Virginia: 29 inspections
Maryland: 29 inspections
New York: 27 inspections
North Carolina: 24 inspections
New Jersey: 16 inspections
Pennsylvania: 14 inspections
Indiana: 7 inspections
Ohio: 6 inspections
California: 6 inspections
Delaware: 5 inspections
Georgia: 5 inspections
Connecticut: 4 inspections
Tennessee: 4 inspections
New Mexico: 3 inspections
Wisconsin: 2 inspections
Michigan: 2 inspections
Texas: 2 inspections
Massachusetts: 2 inspections
Iowa: 2 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
Vermont: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections
Florida: 1 inspections
Nebraska: 1 inspections
New Hampshire: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections
Washington: 1 inspections

Home base

NEWARK, NJ

500 AVENUE P

Most inspections: VA

29 inspections

VA 29 · MD 29 · NY 27

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 14, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 327574Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (24 trucks · 40 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 42016 USDOT 327574 USDOT 1325925 USDOT 2730771 USDOT 3077362 USDOT 1642717 USDOT 3412313 USDOT 3993016

Shares a company officer with other carriers

scott fields — 4 carriers: USDOT 1317179 USDOT 1551882 USDOT 3712152

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

174

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 14, 2026

Location

Physical address: 500 AVENUE P, NEWARK, NJ, 07105-4802
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (973) 589-5931
Fax: (973) 589-3762
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: dbke.com

Registration

Officers: Scott Fields · John Scerbo
USDOT / docket: 288155 · MC-186214
First registered: Mar 3, 1987
Last MCS-150: May 14, 2026 · 10,271,904 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 28, 2010
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

174

Power units

176

Drivers

176

CDL drivers

10,271,904

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 14, 2026

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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20%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

25 of 123 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

145violation records

31OOS-tagged records

25 of 123inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

482%1 / 48

Other vehicle maintenance

2646%12 / 26

Brakes

2433%8 / 24

Lights

2232%7 / 22

Hours of service

138%1 / 13

Other / unclassified

1020%2 / 10

Driver fitness

20%0 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

14%Oct 24 to Apr 254 / 28

21%Apr 25 to Oct 257 / 33

19%Oct 25 to Apr 265 / 26

25%Apr 26 to Oct 269 / 36

Top 3 codes (22 of 145 records)

393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects8
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects7

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393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)6
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)4
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps4
395.24 ELD — record edits / data4
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps3
177.817E1-HMHC Other violation2
177.823A-HMTVMMCNID Other violation2
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak2
107.620B-HMAMC Other violation1
172.201D-HMSPS Other violation1
172.202B-HMSPS Other violation1
172.502A1-HMPP Other violation1
177.801-HMHCNP Other violation1
177.817A-HMPSPMC Other violation1
383.71H Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
390.21(c) USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TE2IV-D USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TG3-IEP USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11A1-LCL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LIL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201B-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-SAPPCBLM Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.48A-BLMACBD Brakes inoperative1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.75A2 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75B-TFV Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.20BELDNV Hours of service / ELD1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1-HOSPVID Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8K2 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5-HL Oil and/or grease leak1

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

DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC (USDOT 288155) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. effective Oct 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier received 205 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 123 vehicle-level and 205 driver-level — across 31 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier has 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It reports 174 power units and 176 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 14, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 28, 2010 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 288155, and its motor carrier number is MC-186214.

Is DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026. DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC's safety record?

DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC has a 20.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 334 roadside inspections, with 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).