Carrier profile · USDOT 1268732 · MC-492565 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

AVALON EXPRESS INC

45 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 5 statesCANNON FALLS, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-492565 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 7.3 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 6

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 45-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
68%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 32 total · 1 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241011
20232022
20222012
20212012
20201001
20193013
20183113
20171011
20163013
20143013
20123013
20112102
20091011
20081001
20072022
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2025MN00Yes
Jul 22, 2024WI01Yes
Oct 31, 2023IL02Yes
Jul 10, 2023WI03Yes
Jun 15, 2022WI01Yes
Feb 11, 2022MN00Yes
Dec 30, 2021WI01Yes
Jan 26, 2021WI00Yes
Mar 13, 2020MN00Yes
Aug 20, 2019WI00Yes
Jul 16, 2019WI00Yes
Feb 7, 2019WI01Yes
Sep 20, 2018MN00Yes
Apr 10, 2018MN10Yes
Mar 6, 2018IL01Yes
Jul 11, 2017MN01Yes
Oct 26, 2016WI00Yes
Jun 3, 2016IL02Yes
Feb 8, 2016MN00Yes
Dec 29, 2014IL01Yes
Dec 23, 2014MN00Yes
Jun 27, 2014MN00Yes
Oct 25, 2012NE00Yes
Sep 10, 2012IA01Yes
Mar 5, 2012WI00Yes