Carrier profile · USDOT 2117041 · MC-737936 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

EMR EXPRESS INC

160 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 36 statesJOLIET, IL74/100
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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 33.9%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 — 183 vehicle and 407 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.6% · 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 10.0 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

387 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 24

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 160-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
160
Inspections · 24 mo
407
Annualized
≈204 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving154 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 45 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
10False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 53 total · 15 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
20254004
20247037
20234024
20223023
20213032
20205015
20197117
2018100310
20173013
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 12, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 17, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 14, 2026OH02Yes
Jan 14, 2026TN02Yes
Dec 28, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2025KY00Yes
May 27, 2025IN00Yes
May 3, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 10, 2024NJ01Yes
Sep 10, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 23, 2024OK00Yes
Aug 21, 2024AR00Yes
Aug 8, 2024NJ02Yes
Jun 24, 2024VA01Yes
Jan 30, 2024OK00Yes
Dec 20, 2023NC01Yes
Feb 21, 2023MS00Yes
Feb 20, 2023MD00Yes
Jan 11, 2023MO01Yes
Sep 27, 2022WV00Yes
Jul 15, 2022NC02Yes
May 22, 2022TN04Yes
Dec 7, 2021PA01Yes