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

Vehicle OOS 0.0% (24-mo)3 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.7% (24-mo)28 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

0.0% now▼ Improving

Trailing rate down 2.2 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 147-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
147
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
14 / yr
Coverage
0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
6measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 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

59
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20244014
20231011
20221011
20213003
20202002
20191001
20183003
20171001
20161001
20154024
20145055
20133003
20122022
20111001
20102022
20093013
20084014
20073123
20061011
20052012
20042002
20034013
20012002
19972012
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
04/16/2026MA00Yes
10/04/2024MA00Yes
09/04/2024MA00Yes
04/24/2024MA00Yes
02/03/2024MA02Yes
04/19/2023MA02Yes
04/29/2022MA01Yes
11/12/2021MA00Yes
10/21/2021MA00Yes
02/18/2021MA00Yes
11/18/2020MA00Yes
07/02/2020MA00Yes
03/25/2019MA00Yes
12/03/2018CT00Yes
08/22/2018MA00Yes
03/15/2018MA00Yes
06/27/2017MA00Yes
04/12/2016MA00Yes
12/11/2015MA00Yes
12/02/2015RI00Yes
04/10/2015MA02Yes
03/09/2015MA01Yes
07/24/2014RI02Yes
06/12/2014MA01Yes
06/05/2014MA01Yes