Carrier profile · USDOT 228263 · MC-166867 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

L'express Du Midi Inc

32 power unitsavg 13.5 yrRegional · 4 statesSAINTE-CATHERINE, QC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-166867 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 5.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 6.6 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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
0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
23 / yr
Coverage
0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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.

  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 2 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243013
20211011
20171011
20161001
20122011
20101001
20092012
20071001
20061111
20032022
20012002
19982002
19962011
19951001
19942012
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 21, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 14, 2024NJ00Yes
Mar 18, 2024NH01Yes
Oct 13, 2021MA01Yes
Jul 25, 2017NY01Yes
Sep 25, 2016NY00Yes
Nov 14, 2012NY00Yes
Aug 14, 2012NY01No
May 19, 2010NY00Yes
Jul 6, 2009VT00Yes
May 22, 2009MA01Yes
May 1, 2007VT00Yes
May 24, 2006NY12Yes
Nov 12, 2003NY01Yes
Apr 29, 2003NH01Yes
Mar 26, 2001NJ00Yes
Mar 26, 2001NJ00Yes
May 7, 1998CT00Yes
Apr 1, 1998NY00Yes
Nov 1, 1996ME01No
Jan 19, 1996NY00Yes
Oct 6, 1995NY00Yes
Dec 11, 1994NY00Yes
Jun 21, 1994VT01Yes
Apr 30, 1992VT01Yes