Carrier profile · USDOT 3194202 · MC-139752 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

BA EXPRESS INC

8 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 16 statesNORTHBROOK, IL94/100

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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 21.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

24 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jun '26 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 24
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

15%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

60%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

81%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

81%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

33%

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

5False logs

0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 2 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026		1	0	1	1
2023		1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 5, 2026	VA	0	2	Yes
Oct 15, 2023	AL	0	1	Yes