Carrier profile · USDOT 10558 · MC-117574 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

DAILY EXPRESS INC

173 power unitsavg 8.9 yrNational · 43 statesCARLISLE, PA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-117574 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 35.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 240 vehicle and 456 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.1% · 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 1.7 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

439 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 31

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 173-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
173
Inspections · 24 mo
457
Annualized
≈229 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving270 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance102 · 89 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance83 · 29 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 10 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

57 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
18False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 377 total · 16 in 24 mo

377
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
13
Fatal
152
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025110311
2024110210
202310049
2022120211
2021170416
20209139
2019140713
2018131313
2017120611
2016120612
2015110311
2014150613
2013120511
20128027
2011111410
201010038
20099028
20088147
2007121412
2006100110
2005161814
20045015
20038037
2002172614
20015034
200011098
19998058
19985144
19978047
199610168
1995120812
199410049
1993171811
199210167
19915134
19902002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 25, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 20, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 23, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 16, 2025OH01Yes
Aug 13, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 8, 2025SC02Yes
Jun 23, 2025FL01Yes
Jun 11, 2025CT00Yes
May 19, 2025IL00Yes
May 9, 2025CT00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 7, 2025MD00Yes
Nov 1, 2024TN02Yes
Oct 21, 2024TX01No
Oct 10, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 8, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2024KS00Yes
Apr 29, 2024MS00Yes
Apr 1, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 21, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2024LA00Yes
Jan 16, 2024IA00Yes
Dec 1, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 11, 2023PA00Yes