CLIMATE EXPRESS INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 18.3% (24-mo)169 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0% (24-mo)383 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

5.3% now● Stable

Holding near 5.3% — under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 204-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
204
Inspections · 24 mo
388
Annualized
194 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
52%
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 Driving135
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 37 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance36
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving13
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

60 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/05/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

47ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 222 total · 16 in 24 mo

222
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
89
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264044
20258028
20249029
20236126
20228048
20219039
2020110310
2019140714
2018141514
2017121811
20169039
20159049
2014130512
2013111311
20123013
20117016
20107127
2009100310
20086026
20076016
20064013
20055015
20047227
20038168
20026046
20015035
20003023
19994014
19981011
19972022
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
07/16/2026OK01Yes
05/28/2026MO02Yes
04/01/2026GA01Yes
02/02/2026OH01Yes
11/19/2025OH00Yes
06/08/2025IL01Yes
05/20/2025MO00Yes
05/19/2025SC01Yes
04/18/2025MO00Yes
03/04/2025IL00Yes
02/03/2025TX00Yes
01/14/2025TN00Yes
12/31/2024MO00Yes
12/19/2024PA00Yes
12/03/2024GA03Yes
11/22/2024MO00Yes
07/23/2024SC00Yes
07/18/2024NC00Yes
06/06/2024GA00Yes
05/24/2024MO03Yes
01/14/2024MO00Yes
12/27/2023OK00Yes
12/12/2023MO01Yes
11/25/2023MO01Yes
08/05/2023MO10Yes