Carrier profile · USDOT 593191 · MC-286835 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FIRSTWAY EXPRESS INC

14 power unitsavg 10.1 yrRegional · 4 statesMARION, IN93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-286835 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 14-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Crash history· 42 total · 0 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20231001
20221001
20202112
20192022
20182002
20172022
20152011
20134314
20121001
20112012
20102012
20083012
20072012
20052012
20042002
20021001
20014034
19992022
19982012
19961010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2024NJ00Yes
Jul 22, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 19, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 9, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 15, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 2, 2020IN22Yes
Dec 1, 2019NJ03Yes
Aug 3, 2019NJ01Yes
Nov 1, 2018IN00Yes
Jan 10, 2018NJ00Yes
Aug 24, 2017NJ04Yes
Feb 28, 2017NJ01Yes
Apr 20, 2015PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2015AL02No
Dec 5, 2013IN10Yes
Nov 12, 2013IN10Yes
May 22, 2013IN00Yes
Apr 4, 2013OH22Yes
Feb 13, 2012IN00Yes
Jun 13, 2011IN01Yes
Apr 5, 2011GA00Yes
Dec 6, 2010WV00Yes
May 27, 2010AL01Yes
Dec 12, 2008OH01No
Dec 6, 2008TN00Yes