Carrier profile · USDOT 1091406 · MC-451045 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Certified Express Inc

DBA CEI

282 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 28 statesNEOSHO, MO88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451045 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

282Power units

226 observed · MCS-150

246Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(417) 451-6162 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record6 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 24 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2003.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 591 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

24 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

282 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.9 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

23 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

36 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

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40 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 8, 2026.

Safety

374 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 13.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 205 vehicle and 374 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.3% · 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 4.5 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

365 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 25

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 282-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 282
Inspections · 24 mo: 374
Annualized: ≈187 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving71 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’12 · 2 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

beyond this history

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Apr 2012

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2011 → Apr 2012	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 2003 → Apr 2003	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 282
Observed power (24 mo): 226
Trailers (towed): 246

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

58.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 28 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

370

MO busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Missouri: 80 inspections
Mississippi: 42 inspections
Tennessee: 41 inspections
Arkansas: 41 inspections
Alabama: 21 inspections
North Carolina: 19 inspections
Maryland: 14 inspections
Florida: 13 inspections
New Mexico: 13 inspections
Oklahoma: 11 inspections
Louisiana: 11 inspections
Illinois: 11 inspections
Texas: 11 inspections
Georgia: 7 inspections
Kentucky: 6 inspections
Indiana: 6 inspections
Ohio: 5 inspections
Pennsylvania: 3 inspections
South Carolina: 3 inspections
Kansas: 2 inspections
Wisconsin: 2 inspections
Iowa: 2 inspections
California: 2 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections
Nebraska: 1 inspections
Massachusetts: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections

Home base

NEOSHO, MO

11817 KENTUCKY RD

Most inspections: MO

80 inspections

MO 80 · MS 42 · TN 41

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Last 12 months: 15 trucks also ran under 13 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3147291 USDOT 2608166 USDOT 3635327 USDOT 3892119 USDOT 154712 USDOT 3756944 USDOT 3143381 USDOT 2808650Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 72 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 154712 USDOT 1237201 USDOT 3059535 USDOT 2508026 USDOT 2529283 USDOT 3344619 USDOT 3264958 USDOT 4141339

Shares a company officer with other carriers

chris wade — 5 carriers: USDOT 1025072 USDOT 1347756 USDOT 2426048 USDOT 3760776

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

282

Observed (24 mo)

226

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 11817 KENTUCKY RD, NEOSHO, MO, 64850
Mailing address: PO BOX 249, NEOSHO, MO, 64850
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (417) 451-6162
Fax: (417) 312-8806
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: cei-hwli.com

Registration

Officers: Chris Wade · Steve Page
USDOT / docket: 1091406 · MC-451045
First registered: Jan 28, 2003
Last MCS-150: May 7, 2026 · 25,769,447 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

282

Power units

294

Drivers

294

CDL drivers

25,769,447

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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14%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

28 of 205 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

142violation records

31OOS-tagged records

28 of 205inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

530%0 / 53

Other vehicle maintenance

3569%24 / 35

Hours of service

230%0 / 23

Brakes

1712%2 / 17

Lights

1225%3 / 12

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

14%Nov 24 to May 256 / 43

14%May 25 to Nov 256 / 42

17%Nov 25 to May 269 / 53

10%May 26 to Nov 267 / 67

Top 3 codes (30 of 142 records)

393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)12
395.24 ELD — record edits / data10
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)8

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395.30B1 ELD — use / data transfer7
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles6
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles6
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects5
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects4
393.207B-AALPME Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2SLIMPT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.7A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.9A3 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LSLM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.207B-AALPME-OOS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209E-STPSD Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BLMACBD Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BRMMC Brakes inoperative1
393.75A1-TAOBETA Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC.

CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1091406) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Apr 1, 2012 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 13.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 374 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 205 vehicle-level and 374 driver-level — across 28 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 24 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 6 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 282 power units and 294 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 7, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1091406, and its motor carrier number is MC-451045.

Is CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC's safety record?

CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC has a 13.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 591 roadside inspections, with 24 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).