Carrier profile · USDOT 325932 · MC-212184 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

Alabama Motor Express Inc

DBA AMX

234 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 33 statesASHFORD, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-212184 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 26.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 188 vehicle and 439 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.4% · 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 6.4 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

422 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 27

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 234-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
234
Inspections · 24 mo
439
Annualized
≈220 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
56%
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 Driving158 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 45 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

117 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

90ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
13Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 623 total · 22 in 24 mo

623
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
24
Fatal
275
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269039
20259039
20248038
2023150615
20229029
2021142714
2020140614
2019110610
2018130413
2017221820
2016171516
2015171816
20141911018
2013170517
2012202618
2011200519
201010059
2009120311
2008180917
20073121427
20062011018
20052811427
20043121527
20033721536
20022611323
20013631535
20003801535
19993522133
19982221221
1997150815
1996120710
19954033
19948057
19933032
19923013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026GA01Yes
Jun 1, 2026GA01Yes
May 22, 2026GA00Yes
May 22, 2026FL00Yes
Mar 31, 2026NJ00Yes
Mar 23, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 7, 2026VA01Yes
Mar 3, 2026NY00Yes
Feb 5, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 29, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 3, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 15, 2025VA01Yes
Oct 6, 2025FL02Yes
Aug 19, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 7, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 7, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 10, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 24, 2025FL02Yes
Dec 27, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2024AR01Yes
Oct 22, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 16, 2024AL00Yes
May 22, 2024OK00Yes
Apr 5, 2024MS01Yes
Jan 10, 2024GA02Yes