Carrier profile · USDOT 2285938 · MC-780761 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bucci Express Inc

61 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 40 statesJOLIET, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-780761 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksbucciexpress.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 15.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 233 vehicle and 319 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

309 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 20

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
≈2.6 / 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
61
Inspections · 24 mo
319
Annualized
≈160 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.09measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving85 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther8 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
9False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 14 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20256016
20247137
20232002
20222011
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 26, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 10, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 9, 2026CA01Yes
Oct 17, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 18, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 2, 2025TX00Yes
May 10, 2025NM01Yes
Jan 10, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 15, 2024AZ00Yes
Dec 8, 2024OK00Yes
Dec 4, 2024FL01Yes
Nov 4, 2024MT00Yes
Aug 28, 2024PA13Yes
Jul 11, 2024PA05Yes
May 29, 2024TX00Yes
May 1, 2023IN00Yes
Jan 3, 2023IN00Yes
Oct 14, 2022AL01No
Oct 4, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 10, 2021NM00Yes