Carrier profile · USDOT 1266449 · MC-491875 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FIRST CLASS XPRESS INC

49 power unitsavg 10.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesNEW BALTIMORE, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-491875 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 45.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 38.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

29 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Dec '24 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 49-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
15 / yr
Coverage
0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
11False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 1 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20233013
20221011
20212002
20203003
20192002
20151011
20141001
20112022
20103123
20091001
20082011
20071001
20063003
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026IN01Yes
Oct 30, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 27, 2023MO01Yes
Mar 20, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 20, 2022IL01Yes
Oct 19, 2021KY00Yes
May 13, 2021OH00Yes
Dec 20, 2020KY00Yes
Sep 1, 2020IN00Yes
Jan 27, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 4, 2019MI00Yes
May 24, 2019TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2015AR01Yes
Jun 13, 2014TX00Yes
Oct 18, 2011AR03Yes
Jan 16, 2011TX01Yes
Jul 1, 2010AR22Yes
Jan 21, 2010IN00Yes
Jan 13, 2010MO01Yes
Dec 4, 2009IL00Yes
Oct 30, 2008MO01No
Feb 26, 2008MI00Yes
Feb 6, 2007IN00Yes
Apr 27, 2006TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2006AR00Yes