Carrier profile · USDOT 2109451 · MC-735491 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

EXPRESS LANE INC

20 power unitsavg 6.2 yrMulti-region · 14 statesLINCOLN, NE81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-735491 ACTIVE
Verified linksexpresslaneco.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 30.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
40%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251111
20242012
20223022
20211001
20182012
20162002
20152002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 17, 2025NV11Yes
Mar 30, 2024UT00Yes
Mar 8, 2024NE01Yes
Nov 14, 2022KS00Yes
Jul 30, 2022TX01Yes
Jul 14, 2022OK01No
Jul 22, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 27, 2018KS00Yes
May 22, 2018NE02Yes
Apr 7, 2016AZ00Yes
Feb 18, 2016TX00Yes
Nov 20, 2015IL00Yes
Jun 23, 2015NE00Yes