Carrier profile · USDOT 2348288 · MC-807156 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

APEX TRANSIT LLC

DBA APEX TRANSIT

90 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 25 statesSALISBURY, NC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-807156 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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 110 vehicle and 231 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.5% · 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 13.5 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

224 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 16

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 90-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
231
Annualized
≈116 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
39%
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 Driving67 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 16 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 7 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257036
20234034
20222012
20216026
20203022
20194014
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 28, 2025NC01Yes
Aug 27, 2025NJ01Yes
Aug 14, 2025TX01No
Jul 23, 2025AR00Yes
Jul 13, 2025MO00Yes
Apr 6, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 24, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2023TX01Yes
Apr 23, 2023AL00Yes
Apr 7, 2023LA01Yes
Mar 18, 2023LA01Yes
Nov 4, 2022SC00Yes
Apr 17, 2022GA01Yes
Nov 19, 2021NC00Yes
Sep 9, 2021GA00Yes
Jul 9, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2021MS02Yes
Apr 10, 2021LA01Yes
Jan 28, 2021AL00Yes
Nov 21, 2020AL00Yes
Nov 3, 2020TX02Yes
Sep 25, 2020NC01No
Dec 18, 2019MS00Yes
Nov 25, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2019TX00Yes