Carrier profile · USDOT 2997828 · MC-22489 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

LIA EXPRESS INC

36 power unitsavg 2.3 yrNational · 45 statesBETTENDORF, IA82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-22489 ACTIVE
Verified linksliaexpressinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 5.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 169 vehicle and 296 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 2.6 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

274 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 27

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈4.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
296
Annualized
≈148 / yr
Coverage
≈4.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
100%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
10%
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 Driving89 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
6False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 4 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251001
20243013
20231001
20221001
20211011
20202102
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 21, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 30, 2026MO01Yes
Jul 16, 2025WA00Yes
Aug 12, 2024TN05Yes
Jun 27, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 16, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 12, 2023VA00Yes
Dec 1, 2022CT00Yes
May 13, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 18, 2020IN10Yes
Apr 23, 2020NY00Yes