Carrier profile · USDOT 502301 · MC-258155 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CLASSIC EXPRESS INC

35 power unitsavg 18.4 yrRegional · 6 statesCLEVELAND, TN62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-258155 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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 3.1 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 35-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
24
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
14%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
55%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 56 total · 2 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242002
20233123
20222002
20213013
20202012
20192002
20183023
20173123
20163023
20152002
20143023
20132022
20125025
20111001
20103113
20092012
20082002
20062012
20051001
20041001
20031001
20021011
20011011
19991010
19962122
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 17, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 22, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 11, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 15, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 24, 2023TN12Yes
Sep 13, 2023TN01Yes
Mar 21, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 20, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 7, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 8, 2021TN00Yes
Aug 31, 2021TN01Yes
Apr 17, 2021GA00Yes
Jul 27, 2020TN03Yes
Mar 18, 2020TN00Yes
Nov 21, 2019TN00Yes
Jan 22, 2019AL00Yes
Oct 19, 2018TN01Yes
Sep 27, 2018TN01Yes
Jul 26, 2018TN00Yes
Dec 11, 2017TN01Yes
Nov 29, 2017GA11Yes
May 18, 2017TN00Yes
Jul 5, 2016TN02Yes
Jun 6, 2016GA01Yes
Apr 30, 2016TN00Yes