CAPE COD EXPRESS LLC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 147
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 28
- Annualized
- ≈14 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving31
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 49 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 59 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/16/2026 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/04/2024 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/04/2024 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/24/2024 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/03/2024 | MA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 04/19/2023 | MA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 04/29/2022 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/12/2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/21/2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/18/2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/18/2020 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/02/2020 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/25/2019 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/03/2018 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/22/2018 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/15/2018 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/27/2017 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/12/2016 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/11/2015 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/02/2015 | RI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/10/2015 | MA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 03/09/2015 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/24/2014 | RI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 06/12/2014 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/05/2014 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |