CHIEF EXPRESS LLC
DBA CHIEF EXPRESS
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
191 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 16
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 60
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 197
- Annualized
- ≈99 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
12 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 92 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2025 | GA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2025 | TX | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 23, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2023 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 29, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 14, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2020 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |