Carrier profile · USDOT 1773967 · MC-647427 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Midwest Express Inc

95 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 28 statesSCHERERVILLE, IN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-647427 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

95Power units

111 observed · MCS-150

126Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(708) 272-1236 Email dispatchsafety@midwestexp.net

Click to see how we scored it

Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

Review before loading

Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.7% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 18 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2008.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

95 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

279 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 112 vehicle and 279 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

47.6% · 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 14.3 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

272 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 18

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 95
Inspections · 24 mo: 279
Annualized: ≈140 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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 Driving106 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 22 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

Explore full safety record — inspections, BASICs, crashes

Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’10–’12

New York’12–’14

Ace American’15–’21

Canal’22–’24

Carolina’24–’26

2008201320182023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2024 → Feb 2026	$750K	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2022 → Feb 2024	$750K	2
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2021 → Feb 2022	$750K	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → Mar 2021	$750K	2
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Feb 2015 → May 2015	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2014 → Feb 2015	$750K	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	May 2012 → Feb 2014	$750K	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2010 → May 2012	$750K	2
GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2009 → Sep 2010	$750K	1
NATIONAL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2008 → Sep 2009	$750K	1

Explore full authority & insurance record

Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 95
Observed power (24 mo): 111
Trailers (towed): 126

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

66.7%

VINs decoded

Explore full fleet — VIN roster, equipment mix, age distribution

Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 28 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

277

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

SCHERERVILLE, IN

228 W LINCOLN HWY #192

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IN

TN 50 · IL 45 · IN 28

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

See the full operating map — state density, top lanes

Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4402727 USDOT 647427 USDOT 4058652Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (80 trucks · 87 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3269460 USDOT 3501398 USDOT 3589765 USDOT 4476364 USDOT 3559075 USDOT 3652384 USDOT 3902582 USDOT 4157797

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

111

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

Explore the carrier network & VIN cross-links

Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 228 W LINCOLN HWY #192, SCHERERVILLE, IN, 46375
Mailing address: PO BOX 1897, HIGHLAND, IN, 46322
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (708) 272-1236
Fax: (708) 272-1235
Email: safety@midwestexp.net
Web domain: midwestexp.net

Registration

Officer: Agnes Gintila
USDOT / docket: 1773967 · MC-647427
First registered: May 20, 2008
Last MCS-150: Apr 28, 2026 · 15,345,836 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

15,345,836

Annual mileage

Open the full identity & federal record

Federal activity

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

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.

Open the full federal-record activity feed

Reviews

Verified broker, shipper & driver reviews — moderated

Performance ratings only — never the Vektor risk score

No verified reviews yet

Be the first broker or shipper to rate MIDWEST EXPRESS INC. Reviews cover performance only — on-time delivery, payment speed, communication — and never affect the Vektor risk score.

Leave a review

Open reviews

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

MIDWEST EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1773967) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 9, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 279 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 112 vehicle-level and 279 driver-level — across 28 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 95 power units and 93 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 28, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MIDWEST EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

MIDWEST EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1773967, and its motor carrier number is MC-647427.

Is MIDWEST EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, MIDWEST EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MIDWEST EXPRESS INC's safety record?

MIDWEST EXPRESS INC has a 27.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 404 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is MIDWEST EXPRESS INC's fleet?

MIDWEST EXPRESS INC operates 95 power units and 93 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is MIDWEST EXPRESS INC based?

MIDWEST EXPRESS INC is based in SCHERERVILLE, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 28 states.

Similar carriers near Schererville, IN

Comparable carriers around Schererville and across Indiana

Grid-line Transportation Inc Review · 81Schererville, IN · 73 power units

Rock Solid Logistics Inc Review · 80Schererville, IN · 45 power units

Brittany's Tote & Tank Cleaning Services LLC Clear · 88Schererville, IN · 36 power units

Agy Logistics 1 Inc Clear · 88Chesterton, IN · 90 power units

Boyd and Sons Inc Clear · 88Washington, IN · 87 power units

Sagwal Bros Inc Clear · 88Indianapolis, IN · 85 power units

Fastmover Express Inc Clear · 88Fishers, IN · 80 power units

Jack Hood Transportation Inc Clear · 88Michigan City, IN · 78 power units

More in Indiana →Long-haul veterans in Indiana →Modern fleets in Indiana →

More Indiana carriers

Other FMCSA-registered carriers near this one in the directory, by USDOT number.

Deep Carriers IncReviewPlainfield · 15 power units DJW Transport LLCClearLafayette · 4 power units Ranjit KaurReviewIndianapolis · 4 power units Dan GingerichMiddlebury Christine YoderShipshewana Sam HensleyReviewSouth Bend · 1 power unit