Carrier profile · USDOT 270089 · MC-189974 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Black Gold Express Inc

54 power unitsavg 9.3 yrLocal · 1 statesFAIRBANKS, AK93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-189974 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 29.6%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 — 54 vehicle and 122 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.3 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

116 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 15

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 54-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 54
Inspections · 24 mo: 123
Annualized: ≈62 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

67%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

39%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

67%

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 Driving96 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 17 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

3ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

8False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2021	1	1	1	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	0	2
2014	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	1	1
2007	2	0	0	2
1997	1	1	0	1
1995	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 18, 2021	AK	1	2	Yes
Feb 13, 2019	AK	0	0	Yes
Jul 22, 2015	AK	0	0	Yes
Apr 29, 2015	AK	0	0	Yes
May 16, 2014	AK	0	1	Yes
Jan 22, 2011	AK	0	0	Yes
Sep 6, 2008	AK	0	1	Yes
Aug 24, 2007	AK	0	0	Yes
May 23, 2007	AK	0	0	Yes
Nov 10, 1997	AK	1	0	Yes
Nov 18, 1995	AK	0	0	Yes