East-west Express LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 12
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 83
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 137
- Annualized
- ≈69 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving61 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 17 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 139 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2026 | AZ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2025 | OK | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2025 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2025 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2024 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2024 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2024 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2023 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 3, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2023 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2023 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2023 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2023 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2023 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2022 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |