Carrier profile · USDOT 3079211 · MC-65689 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

EVEREST EXPRESS LLC

247 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 44 statesST PETERS, MO81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-65689 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 23.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 287 vehicle and 670 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.8 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

639 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 42

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 247-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
247
Inspections · 24 mo
670
Annualized
≈335 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving251 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance123 · 28 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance86 · 73 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance55 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 9 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance32 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 8 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

209 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

52ELD device issues
17No log / no ELD
93False logs
28Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 69 total · 29 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267027
2025150713
2024180516
2023120412
20226115
20216006
20204004
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 7, 2026MO02Yes
Jun 6, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 23, 2026FL00Yes
Mar 7, 2026MN00Yes
Feb 13, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 29, 2026NJ00Yes
Jan 11, 2026VA01Yes
Nov 29, 2025MO01Yes
Aug 25, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 8, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 24, 2025NE00Yes
Jun 25, 2025NC00Yes
May 24, 2025TX02No
May 4, 2025KY01Yes
Apr 28, 2025ND00Yes
Apr 19, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 18, 2025AZ01Yes
Apr 1, 2025OH01Yes
Mar 20, 2025TX01No
Mar 5, 2025IA00Yes
Mar 5, 2025OK01Yes
Jan 4, 2025KS00Yes
Nov 12, 2024TX01No
Nov 3, 2024NM02Yes
Oct 9, 2024CA00Yes