Carrier profile · USDOT 731431 · MC-334514 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Colorado Atlantic Express LLC

9 power unitsavg 7.9 yrMulti-region · 8 statesDENVER, CO94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-334514 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkscoloradoatlantic.comFMCSA SAFER

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
9
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 14, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221011
20211001
20191001
20171011
20151001
20131011
20061010
20054014
20022020
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 22, 2022PA01Yes
Sep 19, 2021CO00Yes
Sep 2, 2019PA00Yes
Aug 10, 2017NJ02Yes
Jan 5, 2015VA00Yes
May 11, 2013MO01Yes
Sep 1, 2006PA03No
Nov 21, 2005CO00Yes
Aug 12, 2005MO00Yes
Aug 11, 2005CO00Yes
May 26, 2005CO04Yes
Dec 20, 2002PA05No
Jul 5, 2002PA01No