Carrier profile · USDOT 193073 · MC-155529 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

ARCTIC EXPRESS INC

DBA ARCTIC EXPRESS

71 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 20 statesHILLIARD, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-155529 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksarcticexpress.comFMCSA SAFER

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 26.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 94 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 12.0 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

91 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 9

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 71-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
71
Inspections · 24 mo
94
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 515 total · 10 in 24 mo

515
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
22
Fatal
244
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
20252012
20245025
20235044
20226016
20216016
20204014
20195045
20188037
20178067
20164033
20156016
20148048
20133012
20124134
20119047
2010110410
20099128
2008131411
20079039
2006142612
2005171813
2004161515
20032711321
20024021336
20013311530
20003321924
19994312535
19983702333
19973411729
19963041729
19952411519
19941821015
19936016
19929036
19913013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 20, 2026NC00Yes
May 1, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2026FL02Yes
Jan 26, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 25, 2026KY00Yes
May 12, 2025PA00Yes
Feb 24, 2025SC01Yes
Dec 19, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 12, 2024SC00Yes
Apr 17, 2024KY01Yes
Jan 10, 2024GA01Yes
Jan 8, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2023NY01Yes
Sep 28, 2023GA01Yes
Apr 20, 2023VA01Yes
Mar 18, 2023FL01No
Feb 23, 2023OH00Yes
Oct 11, 2022OH01Yes
Jul 24, 2022SC00Yes
Jun 27, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 5, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 7, 2022NY00Yes
Jan 12, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 29, 2021GA00Yes