Carrier profile · USDOT 2266591 · MC-773797 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLC

23 power unitsavg 11 yrMulti-region · 11 statesCHICAGO, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-773797 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 5.8 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 4

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 23-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20231001
20222012
20191001
20182002
20161001
20141001
20133013
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2026OH02Yes
Oct 30, 2023WI00Yes
Nov 10, 2022IN02Yes
Feb 7, 2022IN00Yes
Jun 14, 2019TN00Yes
Aug 7, 2018KY00Yes
Apr 24, 2018IN00Yes
Feb 18, 2016IL00Yes
Dec 16, 2014OH00Yes
Oct 21, 2013IL00Yes
Jul 31, 2013TN01Yes
Apr 1, 2013IN00Yes
Jul 3, 2012IL00Yes