Carrier profile · USDOT 2539927 · MC-883571 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

AMB EXPRESS INC

16 power unitsavg 9 yrNational · 17 statesSIOUX FALLS, SD0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-883571 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
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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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

90 day failure to pay fine · ordered Mar 25, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 38.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 28.2 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
9False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20244014
20233023
20221001
20212112
20203013
20191001
20182002
20171001
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 4, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 29, 2024PA01Yes
Jun 13, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 25, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 27, 2023IN01Yes
Apr 19, 2023IN00Yes
Apr 5, 2023PA01Yes
Dec 13, 2022WI00Yes
Sep 4, 2021IN00Yes
Jan 28, 2021NE12Yes
Nov 25, 2020IA00Yes
Jun 10, 2020IL01Yes
Jan 30, 2020OH00Yes
Jan 11, 2019CO00Yes
Dec 31, 2018WI00Yes
Nov 16, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 3, 2017AL00Yes
Dec 17, 2016IA00Yes
Nov 11, 2016MO01Yes