Carrier profile · USDOT 580685 · MC-282266 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Big G Express Inc

593 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 29 statesSHELBYVILLE, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-282266 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksbiggexpress.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 20.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 758 vehicle and 1,353 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.5% · 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 5.3 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

1,304 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 78

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 593-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
593
Inspections · 24 mo
1,353
Annualized
≈677 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
43%
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 Driving379 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance165 · 155 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance89 · 33 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 17 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance43 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance31 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 20 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

167 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

125ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
3False logs
31Drove over hours

Trending worse — 62% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 561 total · 48 in 24 mo

561
Total crashes
48
In last 24 mo
18
Fatal
180
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026110210
2025221821
20244141639
2023240624
2022210121
2021280528
20202511022
20193511232
20183501234
20173101131
20163211132
2015312630
2014242723
2013122510
2012150415
2011240720
2010170817
2009140312
2008151614
2007140713
2006120312
2005221522
2004150515
20039028
20026046
20018254
20006063
19996006
19982012
19974023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2026SC00Yes
Jun 4, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 3, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 1, 2026LA01No
May 26, 2026TX00Yes
May 24, 2026GA00Yes
May 9, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 18, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 9, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 25, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 15, 2026TN01Yes
Dec 13, 2025IL02Yes
Dec 10, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 1, 2025OH01Yes
Nov 8, 2025KY07Yes
Oct 22, 2025VA10Yes
Oct 17, 2025TN02Yes
Sep 6, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 5, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 4, 2025MS01No
Sep 1, 2025NC01Yes
Jul 25, 2025SC00Yes
Jul 17, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 16, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 16, 2025TN00Yes