Carrier profile · USDOT 2285847 · MC-780737 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

S a Express Inc

198 power unitsavg 5.8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesROMULUS, MI81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-780737 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

198Power units

88 observed · MCS-150

104Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.8Avg age (yr)

2005–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(313) 436-4856 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.9% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record4 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 15 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2012.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

18 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

198 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.8 yr

Model years 2005–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

14 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

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

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 29.85% on 67 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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37 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 28, 2026.

Safety

144 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 29.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 67 vehicle and 144 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 11.1 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

141 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 12

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 198-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 198
Inspections · 24 mo: 144
Annualized: ≈72 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving89 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 8 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 25 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 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: 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 ’24 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’12–’13

National’13–’16

Acuity A’17–’19

National Interstate’19–’24

beyond this history

2012201620202024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. · since Jul 2024

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INS CO. OF HAWAII, INC.	Apr 2019 → Jul 2024	$750K	1
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2017 → Apr 2019	$750K	1
AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2016 → Apr 2017	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Oct 2013 → Apr 2016	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 2012 → Oct 2013	$750K	1

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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): 198
Observed power (24 mo): 88
Trailers (towed): 104

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

56.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

144

MI busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Michigan: 60 inspections
Indiana: 28 inspections
Ohio: 21 inspections
Illinois: 13 inspections
Kentucky: 11 inspections
Tennessee: 7 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections

Home base

ROMULUS, MI

10675 MIDDLEBELT

Most inspections: MI

60 inspections

MI 60 · IN 28 · OH 21

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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: 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 3521563 USDOT 2345004 USDOT 3310784Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (35 trucks · 40 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3089095 USDOT 3706719 USDOT 3961218 USDOT 3450522 USDOT 3608872 USDOT 3706141 USDOT 646835 USDOT 1984780

Shares a company officer with other carriers

alen cindrak — 2 carriers: USDOT 2494093

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

198

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 10675 MIDDLEBELT, ROMULUS, MI, 48174
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (313) 436-4856
Fax: (313) 436-4859
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: saexpressinc.com

Registration

Officers: Samer Koujane · Alen Cindrak
USDOT / docket: 2285847 · MC-780737
First registered: Mar 20, 2012
Last MCS-150: May 5, 2026 · 16,574,821 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 28, 2017
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

198

Power units

205

Drivers

205

CDL drivers

16,574,821

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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30%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

20 of 67 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

183violation records

32OOS-tagged records

20 of 67inspections 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

680%0 / 68

Other vehicle maintenance

3964%25 / 39

Brakes

3312%4 / 33

Hours of service

293%1 / 29

Lights

1414%2 / 14

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

29%Nov 24 to May 254 / 14

29%May 25 to Nov 256 / 21

33%Nov 25 to May 264 / 12

30%May 26 to Nov 266 / 20

Top 3 codes (31 of 183 records)

393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)13
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)9
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components9

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395.24 ELD — record edits / data8
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects7
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing7
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)5
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators4
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps4
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer3
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed3
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.207B-AALPME Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9B-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data2
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TB3-OPERBY USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.16 Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLDL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLIMPT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82A1 Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.9A3 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.11A1-LSML Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A-WRBH Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SASMD Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.23-LEU Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.43A-TPV Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45A-BHTBS Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.48A Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative1
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.60E Windshield / glazing1
393.75A3-TALS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.80A Rear-vision mirrors1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.34A1-ELDDFN ELD — malfunction procedures1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-AASGMD Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-AASGMD-L6 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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

S A EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2285847) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 $750,000 limit in force from CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. effective Jul 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.8% 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 144 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 67 vehicle-level and 144 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 18 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 198 power units and 205 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 5, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 28, 2017 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is S A EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

S A EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2285847, and its motor carrier number is MC-780737.

Is S A EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is S A EXPRESS INC's safety record?

S A EXPRESS INC has a 29.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 258 roadside inspections, with 18 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).