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FIRSTEXPRESS INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 17.2% (24-mo)151 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3% (24-mo)264 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

14.5% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 2.8 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 85-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
264
Annualized
≈132 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving46
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 32 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 02/09/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 213 total · 10 in 24 mo

213
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
81
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20257037
20243013
20234014
20225015
20216006
20205135
20196025
20185025
20179139
2016120212
20158047
2014140414
2013100110
20129229
2011120412
201011049
200910059
20085144
20077016
20064024
2005131712
2004101510
20036036
20028064
20017127
20007046
19992022
19981001
19974124
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
04/16/2026TN00Yes
02/03/2026TN00Yes
12/01/2025IN00Yes
08/20/2025OH01Yes
08/20/2025TN00Yes
06/23/2025WV00Yes
05/12/2025NC00Yes
03/20/2025TN02Yes
03/19/2025GA01Yes
08/01/2024KY00Yes
06/29/2024NC01Yes
01/12/2024MS00Yes
08/30/2023TN00Yes
06/16/2023WV01Yes
06/08/2023GA00Yes
03/16/2023TN00Yes
09/30/2022TN00Yes
04/07/2022AL00Yes
03/17/2022KY01Yes
02/03/2022NC00Yes
02/01/2022SC00Yes
11/08/2021TN00Yes
08/13/2021TN00Yes
06/23/2021NC00Yes
05/17/2021PA00Yes