Carrier profile · USDOT 2984290 · MC-15844 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

21 EXPRESS INC

61 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 40 statesBLUE ISLAND, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-15844 ACTIVE
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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 37.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 116 vehicle and 215 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 12.1 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

211 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 14

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
216
Annualized
≈108 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
82%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving115 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 22 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
26False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 9 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261101
20255025
20243013
20233013
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026CO10Yes
Aug 31, 2025NE00Yes
Apr 5, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 5, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 4, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 5, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 24, 2024CO01Yes
Sep 13, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 21, 2024CO00Yes
Dec 1, 2023NE01Yes
Aug 3, 2023VA00Yes
Jul 27, 2023CO00Yes
Feb 16, 2022MT00Yes