Carrier profile · USDOT 496472 · MC-256502 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

HURRICANE EXPRESS INC

DBA HURRICANE

617 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 43 statesCOLCORD, OK88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-256502 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 21.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 578 vehicle and 1,082 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.4% · 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 8.5 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

997 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 67

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 617-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
617
Inspections · 24 mo
1,082
Annualized
≈541 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving434 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance100 · 66 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance75 · 25 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance70 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance57 · 36 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance49 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance43 · 15 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 22 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

168 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

124ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
14False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 200 total · 42 in 24 mo

200
Total crashes
42
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
59
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026101210
2025260526
2024210321
2023292628
2022140614
2021170317
2020100410
20193003
20187167
20171001
20163023
20153023
20132012
20126126
20114013
20104013
20093003
20085025
20073013
20063003
20053003
20046015
20022011
20013012
20002012
19991001
19982121
19972012
19961011
19942022
19931011
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026NJ00Yes
May 29, 2026IN01Yes
May 29, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 28, 2026MS00Yes
Apr 23, 2026MD11Yes
Apr 9, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 30, 2026NY00Yes
Jan 31, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 21, 2026CA00Yes
Dec 18, 2025NE00Yes
Dec 18, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 30, 2025TX02Yes
Nov 24, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 30, 2025CT01Yes
Oct 13, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 16, 2025NJ00Yes
Sep 9, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 29, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 27, 2025PA00Yes
Jun 21, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 2, 2025KS01Yes
May 16, 2025CT00Yes
May 10, 2025TX00Yes