Carrier profile · USDOT 3035367 · MC-41696 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

GUARDIAN EXPRESS INC

90 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 40 statesNEW LENOX, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-41696 ACTIVE
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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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 159 vehicle and 302 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.8 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

291 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 20

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
≈1.7 / 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
90
Inspections · 24 mo
302
Annualized
≈151 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

93%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving106 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 19 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
11False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 11 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
20254024
20241001
20233013
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2026VA04Yes
Jun 24, 2026NC00Yes
May 14, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 22, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 16, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 19, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 11, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 22, 2025IL03Yes
Mar 11, 2025PA01Yes
Sep 27, 2024AR00Yes
Sep 28, 2023IN02Yes
Sep 16, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 16, 2023OH00Yes
Dec 10, 2022KY00Yes