DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC

USDOT 288155

Active

Active, interstate carrier, large fleet (174 power units) — safety rating: satisfactory.

USDOT288155
MC NumberMC-186214
Fleet174 power units
Drivers176
Phone9735895931
LocationNewark, NJ

Vetting summary

At a glance

  • Out-of-service rate13.7% vs 19.1% national avg
  • Crashes (24 months)16 reported — involvement does not imply fault
  • Linked registrations1 share this carrier's phone or address

These signals summarize the records shown below — they are a starting point for your own checks, not a judgment of the carrier.

Registration

Carrier identity

USDOT Number288155
MC NumberMC-186214
Legal NameDAYBREAK EXPRESS INC
DBA Name
Entity TypeCORPORATION
Phone9735895931
Address500 AVENUE P, Newark, NJ, 07105-4802

Status

Authority & safety

Operating StatusActive
Operation TypeInterstate
Safety RatingS — Satisfactory (rated 20100128)
Hazmat Flagtrue

Safety ratings: S = Satisfactory, C = Conditional, U = Unsatisfactory. A carrier with no rating has not been through a full FMCSA compliance review — this is common and not itself a red flag.

Our scoring

Safety scores

Unsafe Driving
85 / 100
Hours-of-Service Compliance
83 / 100
Driver Fitness
86 / 100
Controlled Substances & Alcohol
0 / 100
Vehicle Maintenance
71 / 100

Scores are 0-100 rankings computed by us from public FMCSA inspection measures; higher = worse relative to peers. Not official CSA/BASIC percentiles. How these scores are computed.

Safety events

Inspections & crashes (last 24 months)

Inspections204
Out-of-Service Rate13.7% vs 19.1% national average
Crashes16 total (0 fatal, 3 with injuries, 15 towaway)
  • 2026-05-04 — PA — towaway
  • 2026-03-14 — NC — 1 injured, towaway
  • 2026-02-05 — FL — towaway
  • 2026-02-03 — NJ — towaway
  • 2026-01-29 — NJ — towaway

Most frequent violation categories: 12 (27), 16 (23), 20 (21).

Crash involvement does not imply fault. FMCSA crash records list all reportable crashes involving a carrier, regardless of who caused them.

Signals

Linked registrations

1 other active carrier registration share this carrier's phone or address in FMCSA records.

USDOT 2825426

Shared contact details can have many ordinary explanations, such as a shared dispatch service, registration agent, or office address.

Equipment

Fleet & operations

Power Units (trucks)174
Drivers176
Recent Annual Mileage10,271,904
Last MCS-150 Filing14-MAY-26

DAYBREAK EXPRESS INC operates 174 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in NJ.

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