Carrier profile · USDOT 335555 · MC-194957 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

ABILENE MOTOR EXPRESS LLC

DBA ABILENE MOTOR EXPRESS

1 power unitavg 6.3 yrNational · 34 statesNORTH CHESTERFIELD, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-194957 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 22.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 213 vehicle and 454 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 3.4 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

425 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 31

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
≈227.0 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
454
Annualized
≈227 / yr
Coverage
≈227.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving247 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance62 · 54 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance57 · 16 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

95 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

43ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
21False logs
25Drove over hours

Trending worse — 51% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 434 total · 26 in 24 mo

434
Total crashes
26
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
159
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
2025161416
2024180218
2023140513
2022131611
2021231623
2020230623
2019321931
2018251925
2017160815
2016280527
20152601425
2014180917
20132411124
20121811017
2011140114
2010140313
20097126
2008170517
20079028
20066025
2005160914
20045035
20037037
20026035
20013113
20006006
19997055
19984024
19977156
19964034
19955034
19942022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 25, 2026VA02Yes
Dec 5, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 26, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 8, 2025SC00Yes
Nov 6, 2025OH11Yes
Sep 11, 2025NC01Yes
Sep 11, 2025WV00Yes
Aug 18, 2025SC01Yes
Aug 15, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 7, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 26, 2025GA00Yes
May 18, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 19, 2025NM00Yes
Mar 29, 2025NC01Yes
Jan 31, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 17, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 10, 2025AR00Yes
Dec 17, 2024VA01Yes
Nov 28, 2024OH00Yes
Oct 27, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 18, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 14, 2024SC01Yes
Oct 3, 2024MD00Yes
Sep 26, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 30, 2024VA00Yes