Carrier profile · USDOT 1091406 · MC-451045 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CERTIFIED EXPRESS INC

DBA CEI

282 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 30 statesNEOSHO, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451045 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 14.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 191 vehicle and 356 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.0% · 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 7.4 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

346 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
≈0.6 / 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
356
Annualized
≈178 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving64 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 116 total · 24 in 24 mo

116
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
37
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268038
2025121512
20247027
2023101210
20226016
20219059
20207017
20198118
20189039
20174014
20165015
20156026
20146125
20132002
20122112
20111001
20101001
20091011
20086134
20072012
20062012
20052012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2026OK00Yes
May 31, 2026MO00Yes
May 21, 2026AR00Yes
Apr 29, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 16, 2026AR03Yes
Feb 4, 2026NC01Yes
Jan 27, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 8, 2026MS01Yes
Dec 27, 2025AR11Yes
Nov 27, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 23, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 24, 2025MO01Yes
Aug 8, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 11, 2025AL01Yes
Jul 3, 2025MD01Yes
May 12, 2025TN01Yes
Apr 29, 2025MO00Yes
Apr 13, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 16, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 30, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 18, 2024AR00Yes
Dec 17, 2024IN01Yes
Aug 30, 2024IL01Yes
Aug 21, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 18, 2024IN00Yes