HUNTER EXPRESS US 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
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 202
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 350
- Annualized
- ≈175 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving129
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance77 · 11 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance51 · 11 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 37 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance45 · 21 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness24 · 13 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance17
ELD & hours-of-service
24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 05/18/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 62 total · 16 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/2026 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/11/2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 03/25/2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/23/2026 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/28/2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/13/2025 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/21/2025 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 09/01/2025 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 08/04/2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/06/2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/30/2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/12/2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/19/2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/04/2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/03/2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| 10/30/2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/13/2024 | AR | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/15/2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/21/2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/08/2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/30/2023 | TX | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| 04/15/2023 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/20/2023 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/15/2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/06/2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |