Carrier profile · USDOT 253615 · MC-179963 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

EMPIRE EXPRESS INC

140 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 25 statesMEMPHIS, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-179963 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksempireexpress.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 32.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 170 vehicle and 277 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · 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 4.5 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

270 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 20

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 140-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
140
Inspections · 24 mo
277
Annualized
≈139 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving79 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 45 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 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.

30ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 299 total · 10 in 24 mo

299
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
133
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20257007
20245025
20236126
20227017
20213003
2020100310
20199048
2018110411
20176146
20168038
201510059
2014161814
2013100510
201210069
2011151614
20109138
2009120410
2008100210
2007140712
2006100210
2005161414
20048048
20031411012
2002111411
200110039
20007055
19996066
19987065
19977055
19965045
19951011
19947067
19933011
19924012
19911010
19902000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2026TX03Yes
Apr 13, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 2, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 2, 2025KY00Yes
Sep 3, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 19, 2025FL00Yes
Mar 13, 2025MS00Yes
Mar 5, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2025MS00Yes
Dec 17, 2024LA00Yes
Jul 7, 2024FL02Yes
Apr 9, 2024TX01Yes
Feb 23, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 12, 2024KY00Yes
Dec 21, 2023GA10Yes
Nov 8, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 23, 2023AR00Yes
Aug 16, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 28, 2023OH02Yes
Mar 13, 2023CA01Yes
Sep 6, 2022MO00Yes
Jul 21, 2022TN00Yes
Jun 14, 2022AZ00Yes
May 19, 2022KY00Yes
Apr 22, 2022TN00Yes