Carrier profile · USDOT 269495 · MC-186984 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hot Shot Express Inc

88 power unitsavg 9.6 yrNational · 36 statesMOON TOWNSHIP, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-186984 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 145 vehicle and 225 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.1% · 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 3.6 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

213 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 13

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 88-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
88
Inspections · 24 mo
225
Annualized
≈113 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 18 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
8False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 157 total · 9 in 24 mo

157
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
70
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256026
20242112
20236116
20224014
20214033
20202002
20196006
20184024
20166136
20152002
20142012
20131010
20123003
20111001
20102012
20081001
20071001
20063032
20052012
20048066
20033012
20024124
20017047
2000131712
19995035
19985035
1997120911
199610049
1995120610
19945035
19936015
19922001
19913013
19903001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2026PA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 27, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 18, 2025LA00Yes
May 20, 2025MS01Yes
Mar 6, 2025CT01Yes
Jan 9, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 12, 2024TX12Yes
Oct 17, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 10, 2023MS00Yes
Aug 15, 2023WV10Yes
May 24, 2023TN00Yes
May 14, 2023FL01Yes
May 13, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 17, 2022UT00Yes
Aug 8, 2022NV01Yes
Jul 18, 2022AR00Yes
Jan 16, 2022FL00Yes
Dec 5, 2021GA00Yes
Jun 9, 2021PA02Yes
Apr 13, 2021WI01No
Jan 8, 2021VA01Yes
Nov 9, 2020NY00Yes
Jun 22, 2020DE00Yes