Carrier profile · USDOT 916394 · MC-396398 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Express Service Transport Inc

22 power unitsavg 10.9 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCHULA VISTA, CA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-396398 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 25.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 118 vehicle and 154 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.5% · 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 20.1 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

153 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 16

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
≈3.5 / 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
22
Inspections · 24 mo
154
Annualized
≈77 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
81%
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 Driving38 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 7 total · 0 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20181011
20121011
20081011
20071001
20051011
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 14, 2018CA01Yes
Jun 8, 2012CA01Yes
Oct 7, 2008CA01Yes
Mar 19, 2007CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2005CA01Yes
Dec 3, 2004CA00Yes