Carrier profile · USDOT 1590621 · MC-588686 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

A R D EXPRESS INC

42 power unitsavg 5.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesTAYLOR, MI74/100
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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 38.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.9 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

30 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Apr '26 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 42-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.13 Retroreflective sheetingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 2 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20221001
20201011
20191001
20181001
20176016
20161001
20153012
20142012
20135104
20121001
20101001
20091100
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 16, 2026MO00Yes
Oct 17, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2022TN00Yes
Oct 29, 2020TN02Yes
Dec 1, 2019IN00Yes
May 26, 2018TX00Yes
Sep 14, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 22, 2017CA00Yes
Jun 3, 2017IN00Yes
Mar 22, 2017IL01Yes
Mar 18, 2017TX00Yes
Feb 15, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 24, 2016MI00Yes
Nov 14, 2015TX00Yes
Sep 29, 2015TX01No
Jan 23, 2015TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2014LA01Yes
Jan 10, 2014MI00Yes
Dec 13, 2013TX00Yes
Oct 17, 2013AR00Yes
Sep 23, 2013SC10No
Aug 13, 2013MO00Yes
Jul 18, 2013NM00Yes
Nov 20, 2012GA00Yes
Jan 29, 2010TX00Yes