Carrier profile · USDOT 1827329 · MC-662906 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

KEY WEST EXPRESS LTD

48 power unitsavg 5.4 yrMulti-region · 14 statesLANGLEY, BC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-662906 ACTIVE
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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 20.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 67 vehicle and 114 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

109 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 8

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
114
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
2Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20232002
20224024
20213023
20201001
20191001
20162002
20131001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 5, 2024AZ01Yes
Aug 28, 2023WA00Yes
Jan 27, 2023WA00Yes
Oct 23, 2022OR00Yes
May 14, 2022NV01Yes
Mar 20, 2022WA01Yes
Mar 9, 2022NV00Yes
Jun 5, 2021ID03Yes
Feb 16, 2021OR02Yes
Jan 5, 2021AZ00Yes
May 27, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 11, 2016MT00Yes
May 2, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 11, 2013WA00Yes
Oct 10, 2011NM00Yes