Carrier profile · USDOT 4252114 · MC-1721817 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BM 5 EXPRESS LLC

20 power unitsavg 3.5 yrNational · 41 statesPEKIN, IL0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1721817 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
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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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Feb 2, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 28.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 24.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 188 vehicle and 280 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.7% · 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 12.4 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

280 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 146

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈7.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
280
Annualized
≈140 / yr
Coverage
≈7.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

99%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
89%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
99%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
78%
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 Driving257 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance76 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance49 · 25 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness40 · 40 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance39 · 9 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

91ELD device issues
15No log / no ELD
17False logs
11Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 5 total · 5 in 24 mo

5
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255005
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 6, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 4, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 2, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 31, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 30, 2025MA00Yes