1ST EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 27
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 26
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 51 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2025 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 9, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2024 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2023 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2021 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2019 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2017 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2016 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2015 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2015 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2014 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2013 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |