Carrier profile · USDOT 2256997 · MC-770198 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CENTRAL EXPEDITE LLC

36 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 18 statesBOWLING GREEN, KY87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-770198 ACTIVE
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Safety

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· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 46.5 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 7

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 36-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
45%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
58%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 4 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20233022
20221011
20213013
20201001
20191011
20182012
20152002
20142012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026AZ00Yes
Dec 10, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 23, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 8, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 29, 2023AL01No
Sep 22, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 22, 2023AR01Yes
Sep 10, 2022IN01Yes
Nov 17, 2021TN02Yes
Oct 14, 2021KY00Yes
Mar 11, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 17, 2020KY00Yes
May 19, 2019LA01Yes
Aug 27, 2018OH00Yes
Feb 18, 2018GA01Yes
Nov 15, 2015FL00Yes
Apr 28, 2015PA00Yes
Dec 28, 2014AL02Yes
Sep 24, 2014KY00Yes