Carrier profile · USDOT 2827997 · MC-944349 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

HS EXPRESS LLC

164 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 20 statesENSLEY, AL74/100
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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 39.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 186 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

47.6% · 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 20.8 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

170 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month May '25 · 13

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 164-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
164
Inspections · 24 mo
186
Annualized
≈93 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
67%
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 Driving82 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 24 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 9 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254024
20244014
20233003
20222012
20213013
20202012
20194024
20184124
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2026IN01Yes
Apr 21, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 27, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 18, 2025AL01Yes
Apr 25, 2025AR01Yes
Apr 10, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 17, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 18, 2024AL00Yes
Oct 4, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 25, 2024AL01Yes
Jan 23, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 14, 2023OH00Yes
Oct 19, 2023AL00Yes
Oct 18, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 20, 2022MO01Yes
Jan 28, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 13, 2021IL00Yes
Apr 28, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 15, 2021MO01Yes
Apr 21, 2020IN00Yes
Feb 6, 2020OH01Yes
Jul 24, 2019IL01Yes
Jul 16, 2019FL01Yes
Mar 12, 2019MO00Yes
Feb 4, 2019MI00Yes