Carrier profile · USDOT 561010 · MC-275053 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

American Freight Forwarders Inc

DBA PACIFIC COAST EXPRESS

24 power unitsavg 11.2 yrRegional · 3 statesSUMNER, WA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-275053 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 30.6 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 4

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 27, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20241001
20181001
20121001
20101001
20091001
20081001
20072002
20062002
20021001
20001011
19984024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026WA00Yes
May 22, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 16, 2024WA00Yes
May 29, 2018WA00Yes
Jul 19, 2012WA00Yes
Oct 7, 2010WA00Yes
Nov 6, 2009WA00Yes
Mar 21, 2008WA00Yes
Nov 28, 2007WA00Yes
Aug 10, 2007WA00Yes
Aug 28, 2006WA00Yes
Apr 15, 2006WA00Yes
Aug 2, 2002WA00Yes
Sep 27, 2000WA02Yes
Jul 27, 1998WA00Yes
Apr 3, 1998WA01Yes
Mar 17, 1998WA00Yes
Feb 6, 1998WA01Yes