Carrier profile · USDOT 781061 · MC-349231 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

COPPER EXPRESS INC

15 power unitsavg 6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesMCKINNEY, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-349231 ACTIVEUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 25.8 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 5

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

75%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

59%

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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 15, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 11 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2010	1	1	0	1
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2003	1	1	1	1
1999	1	0	0	1
1998	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 29, 2023	TX	0	2	Yes
Mar 23, 2021	NY	0	0	Yes
Feb 27, 2019	NY	0	0	Yes
Mar 1, 2016	AR	0	0	Yes
Jun 11, 2014	OK	0	0	Yes
Jun 28, 2010	TX	1	0	Yes
Dec 27, 2006	TX	0	0	Yes
Jul 18, 2005	AL	0	0	Yes
Jun 12, 2003	TX	1	1	Yes
Nov 9, 1999	AL	0	0	Yes
Dec 28, 1998	TX	0	5	Yes