CLASSIC EXPRESS INC
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
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1
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
- 22
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 4
- Annualized
- ≈2 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 28 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2024 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 9, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2019 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2018 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 22, 2018 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2016 | IN | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2016 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2016 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2015 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2015 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2015 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2015 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2014 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2014 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2014 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2012 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2011 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2011 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2010 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2009 | KY | 0 | 2 | No |