Carrier profile · USDOT 2889606 · MC-970618 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

AA TRANS INC

DBA HBM EXPRESS INC

59 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 19 statesMERRILLVILLE, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-970618 ACTIVE
Verified linkshbmexpress.comFMCSA SAFER

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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 11.7 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 8

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 59-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 12 total · 5 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251011
20242002
20232012
20222112
20211001
20181011
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 4, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 21, 2026CO00Yes
Oct 31, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 24, 2024SD00Yes
Sep 6, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 30, 2023WI01Yes
Jun 4, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 14, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 11, 2022VA34Yes
Dec 12, 2021IL00Yes
Apr 30, 2018LA01Yes
Dec 14, 2017MI00Yes