Carrier profile · USDOT 162408 · MC-149582 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

EASTERN EXPRESS INC

351 power unitsavg 11.8 yrNational · 36 statesGRIFFITH, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-149582 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkseasternexpressinc.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 30.8%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 472 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 8.5 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

456 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 27

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 351-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
351
Inspections · 24 mo
472
Annualized
≈236 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · 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 Driving175 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance84 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance56 · 38 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance50 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance49 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance43 · 26 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance25 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 8 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

94 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

51ELD device issues
15No log / no ELD
3False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 368 total · 30 in 24 mo

368
Total crashes
30
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
157
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026110610
2025151414
2024120212
2023150815
20229129
2021170616
2020101110
20199059
2018130312
2017110311
20169048
2015100510
201410049
2013130710
201210059
2011110411
20108018
20095015
2008131811
20077027
2006182915
2005120311
2004160715
2003131712
2002120312
20014024
20007147
1999100710
19985044
19976045
1996111610
19952002
19948076
199313047
19926066
19917236
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 23, 2026MO02Yes
Jun 17, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 6, 2026OH01Yes
Apr 2, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 27, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 23, 2026LA01Yes
Mar 12, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 11, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 21, 2026MS01No
Jan 16, 2026OH00Yes
Nov 25, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 11, 2025AR00Yes
Nov 10, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 10, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 8, 2025TX01No
Oct 4, 2025AR00Yes
Sep 10, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 9, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 8, 2025AR00Yes
Aug 6, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 13, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 1, 2025TN11Yes
Apr 28, 2025MD02Yes
Feb 20, 2025IN00Yes