Carrier profile · USDOT 952587 · MC-408074 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BOLT EXPRESS LLC

48 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 16 statesTOLEDO, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-408074 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 47.8%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 — 23 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 8.5 pts 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

45 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 48-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
48
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
36%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False 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· 107 total · 2 in 24 mo

107
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
37
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241001
20231001
20224014
20216035
202010049
20196035
2018131412
2017120212
20168038
20159039
20148028
20137145
20127037
20113003
20102012
20092012
20082012
20071001
20062011
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 5, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 4, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 28, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 7, 2023IL00Yes
Jun 21, 2022IL00Yes
Jun 15, 2022AR00Yes
Jan 17, 2022WY01Yes
Jan 14, 2022IL00Yes
Sep 6, 2021AR00Yes
Aug 29, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 13, 2021MI00Yes
Mar 31, 2021TX01No
Mar 30, 2021OH01Yes
Feb 18, 2021TN01Yes
Nov 30, 2020SC02Yes
Nov 19, 2020KY00Yes
Oct 12, 2020TX01Yes
Oct 7, 2020GA01Yes
Sep 17, 2020AR00Yes
Aug 12, 2020IL00Yes
Aug 3, 2020IN00Yes
Feb 29, 2020NC00Yes
Feb 20, 2020TX01No
Feb 1, 2020IN00Yes
Dec 23, 2019GA01Yes