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DJ ASSOCIATES INC

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Company CheckDJ ASSOCIATES INC · DOT 1279749

DBA: MARKO EXPRESS

11501 CHIMNEY ROCK RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77035

DOT# 1279749 MC# 499036 Houston, Texas 22 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Sep 16, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

May 6, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Dec 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 28, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 30, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address11501 CHIMNEY ROCK RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77035

Mailing Address11501 CHIMNEY ROCK RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77035

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC499036

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating22 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure .2 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .73 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 7.25 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage463,453 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS23.1% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review06/23/2022

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 09/01/2026

CompanySENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #A0090585001

Last checked09/16/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers10

Mileage463,453 mi

Operating22 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total17

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total13

Out of Service3

OOS Rate23.1%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 06/23/2022

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

4 · 1 OOS -

2024

7 · 1 OOS =

2025

11 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

1 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

0 crashes =

2026

1 crash ▲

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jan 2026, 16 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (18.8% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
05/06/2026	LA PORTE	TX	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

33 roadside violations across 16 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 25 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (23)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
01/23/2026	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WALKER LA	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/29/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BALD KNOB AR	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/28/2025	TX	Driver-Only (Level III)	US HWY 59 NB LOVES	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	15100 BEAUMONT HWY	4	1	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
09/16/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US59 NB INEZ SCALE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/05/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	300 MERCURY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2025	TX	Driver-Only (Level III)	US77 RIVIERA SCALE	4	0	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/09/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	FM137	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	500 W BARBOURS CUT B	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	TX	Full (Level I)	IH10 EB KINGSBURY SCALE	8	1	0	0	8	1	-	▲Detail
01/13/2025	TX	Full (Level I)	SH-0146 IN HARRIS CO. (482-500	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0146 IN HARRIS CO. (482-500	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH10 WB KINGSBURY SCALE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH 45 SB 217	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH45 NB NEW WAVERLY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/16/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US287 SB IOWA PARK SCALE	8	1	0	0	8	1	-	▲Detail
08/26/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US287 SB IOWA PARK SCALE	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
04/09/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERFIELD MO	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/09/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0225 IN HARRIS CO. (686-700	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
12/20/2023	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILLER COUNTY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	14155 US287 SB SVC R	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
09/29/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US281 NB	10	3	2	1	8	2	-	▲Detail
09/21/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0146 IN HARRIS CO. (482-500	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections17

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	CAC 00001-05888-16	$750,000	10/01/2016	10/01/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	CAC 00001-05888-16	$750,000	10/01/2016	10/04/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP25014A	$1,000,000	10/01/2004	10/01/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	L039644	$1,000,000	08/30/2004	10/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	L039644	$1,000,000	08/30/2004	11/05/2004	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC499036	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/17/2004	-	-
MC499036	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/07/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/02/2017
MC499036	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/06/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/2016

No revocation records.

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93/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 93

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 9/1/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 23.0769% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 23.0769% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (23)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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