Carrier profile · USDOT 296052 · MC-192625 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

A D Transport Express Inc

498 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 37 statesCANTON, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-192625 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 18.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 450 vehicle and 868 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.8% · 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 1.7 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

843 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 54

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 498-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
498
Inspections · 24 mo
868
Annualized
≈434 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving304 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance119 · 107 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

63ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 552 total · 29 in 24 mo

552
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
24
Fatal
205
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269039
2025161416
2024131710
2023211521
2022243624
2021261925
2020190818
2019200619
2018301729
2017200619
2016180517
2015310729
2014241824
2013130612
2012160815
20118157
2010150515
2009143614
20082831127
2007232720
2006240722
20052701026
2004150613
20032521519
20021721013
2001170816
20008055
19992011
19986033
19976034
19966054
19953003
19944213
19934022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 28, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 24, 2026IN00Yes
Jun 19, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 18, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 26, 2026MI01Yes
Mar 31, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 26, 2026PA02Yes
Feb 6, 2026OH01Yes
Jan 26, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 22, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 17, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 5, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 13, 2025WV00Yes
Oct 8, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 24, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 22, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 18, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 30, 2025TN01Yes
Jun 4, 2025MI01Yes
May 27, 2025PA01Yes
Mar 19, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 28, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 28, 2025OH11Yes
Jan 16, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 9, 2025MI00Yes