Carrier profile · USDOT 1507798 · MC-565492 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

AA EXPRESS & LOGISTICS LLC

157 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 40 statesSAINT LOUIS, MO81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-565492 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 24.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 174 vehicle and 348 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.2% · 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 5.1 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

337 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 23

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 157-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
157
Inspections · 24 mo
348
Annualized
≈174 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
70%
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 Driving98 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance64 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 34 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

52 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
16False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 90 total · 17 in 24 mo

90
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
37
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20256145
2024100310
20235025
2022120511
20216015
20208048
20193023
20183022
20178028
20164134
20152012
20143023
20136026
20122012
20112002
20102012
20091001
20082022
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 9, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 18, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 9, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 19, 2025NJ01No
Oct 1, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 16, 2025KY01Yes
Jun 26, 2025KY00Yes
May 17, 2025MO02Yes
Mar 17, 2025OK11Yes
Dec 21, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 19, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 17, 2024PA01Yes
Oct 11, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 26, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 27, 2024SC01Yes
Aug 17, 2024NC01Yes
Jul 28, 2024KS00Yes
Jun 13, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 17, 2024CT00Yes
Jun 8, 2023AL00Yes
May 22, 2023MO02Yes
Apr 17, 2023AL00Yes
Feb 15, 2023AZ00Yes
Feb 9, 2023MO01Yes