CPS 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 25.0% (24-mo)24 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.9% (24-mo)29 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

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

30.0% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 7.3 pts across the window — latest above 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 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
29
Annualized
15 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
17%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving18
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 04/22/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 59 total · 1 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20221001
20211001
20202012
20193013
20172002
20163012
20151011
20133003
20122012
20112002
20082102
20071001
20062022
20054023
20043021
20033023
20022002
20014014
20004004
19993022
19984034
19961001
19951010
19941010
19921000
19912001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
08/26/2024CA01Yes
08/18/2022CA00Yes
02/03/2021CA00Yes
11/12/2020CA00Yes
10/27/2020CA01Yes
10/08/2019CA00Yes
09/05/2019CA00Yes
01/11/2019CA01Yes
04/09/2017CA00Yes
03/15/2017CA00Yes
11/09/2016CA00Yes
10/05/2016CA00Yes
02/18/2016CA01No
05/05/2015CA01Yes
12/22/2013CA00Yes
04/27/2013CA00Yes
02/13/2013CA00Yes
03/25/2012CA05Yes
01/03/2012CA00Yes
04/27/2011CA00Yes
04/13/2011CA00Yes
12/18/2008NV00Yes
08/08/2008CA10Yes
03/07/2007CA00Yes
03/06/2006UT01Yes