Carrier profile · USDOT 570357 · MC-277514 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ADD EXPRESS INC

99 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 19 statesSAN DIEGO, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-277514 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 11.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 560 vehicle and 819 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.0% · 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 4.6 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

798 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 52

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
4.2 / 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
99
Inspections · 24 mo
838
Annualized
419 / yr
Coverage
4.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance189 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving172 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance112 · 29 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance95 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance71 · 17 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance62 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance58 · 31 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance51 · 6 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance51 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

309 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

263ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
12False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20222022
20211001
20191001
20181001
20162002
20141001
19991001
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 19, 2025WY00Yes
Jan 8, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 5, 2022KS01Yes
Sep 7, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 19, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 1, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 17, 2016CA00Yes
Mar 8, 2014CA00Yes
Oct 30, 1999CA00Yes
Nov 12, 1997CA01Yes