Carrier profile · USDOT 1169936 · MC-469566 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ADVANTAGE EXPRESS INC

22 power unitsavg 9.6 yrNational · 20 statesKENT, WA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-469566 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 23.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 5.5 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 6

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
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
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 1 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20244004
20221001
20211001
20203013
20192012
20182002
20171001
20161001
20151001
20142022
20132002
20111001
20091001
20083003
20061011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 6, 2024SD00Yes
Aug 2, 2024WA00Yes
May 24, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 8, 2024NE00Yes
Dec 15, 2022SD00Yes
Mar 23, 2021OH00Yes
Nov 8, 2020OR00Yes
Feb 22, 2020TN01Yes
Feb 1, 2020WY00Yes
Mar 13, 2019SD00Yes
Feb 5, 2019TN01Yes
Nov 22, 2018WY00Yes
Sep 22, 2018WA00Yes
May 28, 2017WA00Yes
Oct 18, 2016WY00Yes
Apr 10, 2015WA00Yes
May 21, 2014GA01Yes
Apr 13, 2014WY02Yes
Dec 3, 2013WY00Yes
May 1, 2013WY00Yes
Apr 14, 2011MT00Yes
Feb 11, 2009ND00Yes
Dec 24, 2008WA00Yes
Nov 28, 2008NE00Yes
Oct 11, 2008WY00Yes