Carrier profile · USDOT 1980879 · MC-803917 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Always There Express Corporation

97 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 28 statesROMEOVILLE, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-803917 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksalwaysthereexpress.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 21.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 256 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

254 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 18

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 97-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
256
Annualized
≈128 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving102 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
14False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 62 total · 13 in 24 mo

62
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20258038
20248027
20231001
20228048
20216016
20209039
20193013
20187017
20174004
20161001
20151011
20141001
20131010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 15, 2026IN00Yes
May 14, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 20, 2026FL00Yes
Nov 18, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 3, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 19, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 17, 2025KY01Yes
Mar 9, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 16, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 15, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 6, 2025VA01Yes
Nov 14, 2024AL01No
Jun 26, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 6, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 23, 2024MD01Yes
Apr 12, 2024KY00Yes
Feb 22, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 19, 2024WV00Yes
Jan 8, 2024KS00Yes
Jun 5, 2023WV00Yes
Dec 17, 2022TX03Yes
May 14, 2022IL03Yes
Apr 24, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 12, 2022KY00Yes