Carrier profile · USDOT 1856088 · MC-1707824 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FIRST EXPRESS SERVICE LTD

5 power unitsavg 10.5 yrRegional · 5 statesAURORA, IL44/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1707824 INACTIVE
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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 53.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

83.3% · 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 25.2 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 3

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
≈2.0 / 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
5
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 15, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 25 total · 8 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20257056
20232002
20221010
20201001
20191001
20181101
20172012
20162122
20154014
20131010
20121011
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 7, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 8, 2025IL02Yes
Oct 20, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 13, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 13, 2025MA01Yes
May 29, 2025MA01Yes
Mar 6, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 18, 2025IL01No
Jan 25, 2023IL00Yes
Jan 11, 2023IL00Yes
May 25, 2022IL02No
Dec 1, 2020PA00Yes
Mar 9, 2019IL00Yes
Oct 9, 2018IL10Yes
Dec 29, 2017IL00Yes
Aug 11, 2017IL01Yes
Nov 23, 2016IL12Yes
Jun 22, 2016PA01Yes
Dec 28, 2015IL01Yes
Sep 29, 2015PA00Yes
Jul 21, 2015IL00Yes
Mar 12, 2015PA00Yes
Oct 4, 2013TX02No
Jun 7, 2012IL01Yes
Apr 12, 2011PA00Yes