Carrier profile · USDOT 545226 · MC-270583 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Imperial Express Inc

22 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 4 statesSPRINGFIELD, OH93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-270583 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 28.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 8.3 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 3

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 22-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 22
Inspections · 24 mo: 16
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

15%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

32%

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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 27 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2021	3	0	0	3
2020	3	0	0	3
2019	4	1	1	4
2018	3	0	0	3
2016	2	0	1	2
2014	5	0	2	5
2012	3	0	1	3
2011	1	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 14, 2024	IN	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2023	OH	0	1	Yes
Dec 9, 2021	IN	0	0	Yes
Feb 1, 2021	KY	0	0	Yes
Jan 26, 2021	OH	0	0	Yes
Nov 13, 2020	IN	0	0	Yes
Oct 20, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
Sep 30, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
Aug 21, 2019	OH	0	0	Yes
Aug 16, 2019	OH	1	1	Yes
Mar 26, 2019	OH	0	0	Yes
Feb 7, 2019	KY	0	0	Yes
Jul 25, 2018	IN	0	0	Yes
Feb 9, 2018	WI	0	0	Yes
Feb 8, 2018	OH	0	0	Yes
Sep 14, 2016	OH	0	1	Yes
Jan 29, 2016	TN	0	0	Yes
Nov 20, 2014	KY	0	0	Yes
Nov 7, 2014	OH	0	1	Yes
Sep 11, 2014	IN	0	0	Yes
Jun 23, 2014	MO	0	0	Yes
Jan 17, 2014	OH	0	1	Yes
Nov 10, 2012	OH	0	0	Yes
Sep 26, 2012	OH	0	0	Yes
Feb 10, 2012	KY	0	1	Yes