Carrier profile · USDOT 1843015 · MC-667870 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FIRST COAST EXPRESS INC

28 power unitsavg 10.8 yrRegional · 7 statesJACKSONVILLE, FL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-667870 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 31.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 50 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 17.4 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 28-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
50
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
66%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
4Drove over hours

9 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 3 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253022
20232022
20221001
20215045
20206116
20193013
20182112
20174014
20161001
20153013
20131001
20122012
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 7, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 12, 2025FL02Yes
May 5, 2025FL01No
Jun 21, 2023FL02Yes
Jun 21, 2023NC01Yes
Feb 25, 2022GA00Yes
Aug 25, 2021FL01Yes
Jun 22, 2021SC01Yes
Jun 8, 2021GA02Yes
Mar 7, 2021GA01Yes
Jan 6, 2021GA00Yes
Nov 2, 2020MS00Yes
Sep 11, 2020FL00Yes
May 20, 2020GA00Yes
May 7, 2020NC10Yes
Jan 24, 2020SC00Yes
Jan 7, 2020VA01Yes
Jul 17, 2019FL01Yes
Mar 28, 2019FL00Yes
Jan 4, 2019FL00Yes
Apr 24, 2018NC01Yes
Feb 14, 2018TX10Yes
Jul 17, 2017FL01Yes
May 23, 2017KY00Yes
Mar 23, 2017GA00Yes