Carrier profile · USDOT 86876 · MC-66562 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Federal Express Corporation

DBA FEDEX EXPRESS

— power unitsavg 7.2 yrNational · 53 statesMEMPHIS, TN70/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-66562 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksfedex.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 18.3%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 — 13,119 vehicle and 22,018 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.2% · 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 11.5 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

21,433 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 1,250

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving6,433 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2,710 · 631 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1,745 · 1,405 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1,007 · 306 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance631 · 305 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance562 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance532 · 43 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance532 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance487 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance427 · 42 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1,660 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

997ELD device issues
117No log / no ELD
197False logs
189Drove over hours

Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9,779 total · 3,095 in 24 mo

9,779
Total crashes
3,095
In last 24 mo
213
Fatal
3,945
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
202686617329813
20251648515781552
2024106222365989
2023209485195
2022195470178
2021213476199
2020199679185
2019244581227
2018246895219
2017192470178
2016221986205
2015225194207
2014222285202
2013227498203
2012248597225
20112464103223
20102486114215
20092544112231
20082874127261
20072972124261
20063283129296
20052977132271
20042744122243
2003199297176
2002189687174
2001164584138
2000154880132
1999148176128
199810745589
1997125083100
19967314365
19956623656
19944722937
19932911324
1992221712
19917030
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 3, 2026IA01Yes
Aug 3, 2026OK02Yes
Aug 2, 2026NC00Yes
Aug 2, 2026PA00Yes
Aug 1, 2026FL00Yes
Aug 1, 2026AR00Yes
Jul 31, 2026MN00Yes
Jul 30, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 29, 2026NC02Yes
Jul 29, 2026MN02Yes
Jul 29, 2026NV01Yes
Jul 28, 2026PA00Yes
Jul 28, 2026MN01Yes
Jul 27, 2026VA01Yes
Jul 27, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 27, 2026MO01Yes
Jul 26, 2026PA00Yes
Jul 25, 2026NV00Yes
Jul 25, 2026PA00Yes
Jul 25, 2026MI00Yes
Jul 23, 2026NJ01No
Jul 23, 2026GA10Yes
Jul 23, 2026OK01Yes
Jul 22, 2026WI01Yes
Jul 21, 2026PA00Yes