Carrier profile · USDOT 4194670 · MC-1617117 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

AMBER EXPRESS LLC

435 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 31 statesHAMMOND, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1617117 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 19.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 324 vehicle and 824 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.6% · 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

805 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 48

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 435-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
435
Inspections · 24 mo
824
Annualized
≈412 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
96%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
38%
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 Driving287 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance77 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 42 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

140 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.

106ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
4False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 98% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 28 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266006
2025171617
20245025
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 29, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 17, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 7, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 6, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 30, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 26, 2025IA01Yes
Nov 22, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 11, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 13, 2025FL10Yes
Sep 4, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 27, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 25, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 27, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 5, 2025NC00Yes
May 20, 2025TN01Yes
Mar 16, 2025KY01Yes
Mar 11, 2025GA01Yes
Mar 7, 2025MO01Yes
Feb 26, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 8, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 20, 2024IN01Yes
Nov 4, 2024IN00Yes