Carrier profile · USDOT 653145 · MC-307520 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC

20 power unitsavg 9 yrMulti-region · 15 statesLAWRENCEBURG, TN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-307520 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 36.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 8.9 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 6

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove 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 · 3 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20212002
20183012
20171001
20141011
20112002
20102012
20083013
20072002
20061001
20022022
20011001
20001001
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 2, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 10, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 11, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 16, 2021TN00Yes
May 1, 2021TN00Yes
Aug 6, 2018MI00Yes
Feb 14, 2018AL00Yes
Jan 16, 2018WV01No
Apr 25, 2017IN00Yes
Dec 1, 2014IN01Yes
Oct 19, 2011GA00Yes
Aug 20, 2011AL00Yes
Mar 6, 2010TX00Yes
Jan 11, 2010NJ01Yes
Oct 23, 2008GA00Yes
Jul 31, 2008MS02Yes
Feb 13, 2008GA00Yes
Jul 27, 2007OK00Yes
Jan 26, 2007TN00Yes
Feb 19, 2006AR00Yes
Aug 15, 2002LA02Yes
Mar 6, 2002AR01Yes
Sep 21, 2001TX00Yes
Apr 26, 2000NJ00Yes
Dec 13, 1999TN01Yes