Carrier profile · USDOT 2989027 · MC-18064 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

American Express Freight Inc

42 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 29 statesLEMONT, IL75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-18064 ACTIVE
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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 31.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

83.3% · 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 24.9 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 42-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
11%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
60%
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
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

64 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
23False logs
19Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 4 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20241011
20233103
20221001
20215014
20201001
20196026
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 16, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 15, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 10, 2025MO03Yes
Oct 3, 2024IL01Yes
Aug 25, 2023IN10Yes
Jun 27, 2023KS00Yes
Feb 24, 2023LA00Yes
Jan 15, 2022NY00Yes
Dec 17, 2021SD00Yes
Nov 10, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 31, 2021OH01No
Jun 26, 2021FL00Yes
Mar 4, 2021IN00Yes
Nov 27, 2020IL00Yes
Dec 15, 2019MO00Yes
Nov 20, 2019IN01Yes
Nov 11, 2019NJ00Yes
Jul 10, 2019MD00Yes
Jun 30, 2019IN01Yes
Jan 12, 2019MO00Yes