Carrier profile · USDOT 1717205 · MC-721384 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CR EXPRESS INC

90 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 26 statesBENSENVILLE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-721384 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkscrexpressinc.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 24.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 92 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 24.3 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

91 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 13

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 90-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
92
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
30%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
34%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 2 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20243003
20231001
20221001
20213133
20202012
20191111
20182011
20177027
20161011
20151011
20132012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 1, 2026WV01Yes
Sep 7, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 2, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 12, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 9, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 9, 2021IL12Yes
Aug 6, 2021IN01Yes
Jan 12, 2021IL01Yes
Dec 7, 2020IL00Yes
Sep 30, 2020IL02Yes
Nov 25, 2019IN12Yes
Feb 21, 2018IL01No
Feb 5, 2018IA00Yes
Nov 9, 2017IL00Yes
Nov 1, 2017IL01Yes
Oct 17, 2017IN00Yes
Jul 8, 2017IL00Yes
Jun 22, 2017IL01Yes
Jun 2, 2017IL00Yes
Apr 25, 2017IL00Yes
Aug 9, 2016IL01Yes
Apr 6, 2015IL01Yes
Oct 15, 2013WI00Yes
May 14, 2013IL01Yes