Carrier profile · USDOT 451877 · MC-236143 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BADGER EXPRESS LLC

0 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 7 statesFALL RIVER, WI81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-236143 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 23.1%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 — 13 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 12.2 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 3

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

35%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

24%

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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
177.801 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

1Drove over hours

Crash history· 142 total · 1 in 24 mo

142

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	2	0	1	2
2019	3	0	2	3
2015	4	0	1	4
2014	2	0	0	2
2013	3	0	2	3
2012	3	0	1	3
2011	5	0	2	5
2010	3	0	1	3
2009	1	0	0	1
2008	3	0	0	3
2007	10	0	4	10
2006	8	0	4	7
2005	9	0	0	9
2004	8	0	3	7
2003	7	0	2	7
2002	13	1	6	10
2001	12	0	2	11
2000	15	1	9	12
1999	3	0	0	3
1998	8	0	1	8
1997	5	0	3	4
1996	5	0	3	3
1995	4	0	2	4
1994	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 10, 2025	WI	0	Yes
Jan 27, 2023	WI	0	Yes
Feb 17, 2022	IL	0	Yes
Nov 12, 2021	WI	0	Yes
Dec 30, 2020	IL	0	Yes
Jan 17, 2020	IL	1	Yes
Dec 11, 2019	NC	1	Yes
Oct 11, 2019	MN	1	Yes
May 13, 2019	WI	0	Yes
Oct 29, 2015	IL	0	Yes
Sep 7, 2015	MO	0	Yes
Aug 4, 2015	DC	0	Yes
Aug 3, 2015	KY	1	Yes
Aug 11, 2014	WI	0	Yes
Jan 14, 2014	MN	0	Yes
Oct 7, 2013	IL	0	Yes
Aug 31, 2013	IL	1	Yes
Jun 6, 2013	WI	1	Yes
Dec 21, 2012	WI	0	Yes
Aug 14, 2012	OR	2	Yes
May 1, 2012	IL	0	Yes
Jun 20, 2011	OK	0	Yes
May 23, 2011	WI	0	Yes
Feb 25, 2011	GA	0	Yes
Feb 7, 2011	VA	1	Yes