Carrier profile · USDOT 251206 · MC-173878 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CONTINENTAL EXPRESS INC

580 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 36 statesSIDNEY, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-173878 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 19.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 299 vehicle and 689 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.3% · 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 8.7 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

654 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 41

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 580-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
580
Inspections · 24 mo
689
Annualized
≈345 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving252 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance62 · 55 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 494 total · 51 in 24 mo

494
Total crashes
51
In last 24 mo
24
Fatal
186
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026130412
20252701024
2024241523
2023142414
2022190719
2021191919
2020280924
2019162716
2018384836
2017242922
20163011030
2015291829
20142421022
20131801017
20122211021
20119069
2010130312
20099219
2008130213
2007101210
20068037
20052002
200410048
20037053
20027025
20015044
2000101510
1999121711
19986064
19976134
19966136
19957046
19942020
19931001
19924021
19912022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026TX01Yes
Jun 10, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 3, 2026PA00Yes
May 31, 2026VA01No
May 12, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 23, 2026WA00Yes
Apr 3, 2026WY01Yes
Apr 3, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 31, 2026OH01Yes
Mar 21, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 21, 2026WI00Yes
Dec 9, 2025TX02No
Dec 4, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 26, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 9, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2025NC01No
Sep 29, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 6, 2025KY02Yes
Sep 4, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 25, 2025AZ00Yes
Jul 27, 2025OH03Yes
Jul 22, 2025VA01Yes
Jul 10, 2025MI00Yes