Carrier profile · USDOT 3613788 · MC-1231849 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LUX EXPRESS LOGISTICS LLC

65 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 36 statesDES PLAINES, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1231849 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 26.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 71 vehicle and 187 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.9% · 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 4.7 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

184 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 20

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 65-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
187
Annualized
≈94 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 10 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20259139
20242011
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 9, 2025AR01Yes
Oct 27, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 22, 2025MA00Yes
Jul 6, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 4, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 23, 2025TX10Yes
Apr 9, 2025MN00Yes
Mar 17, 2025NJ01Yes
Mar 15, 2025IN01Yes
Nov 4, 2024OH01No
Apr 9, 2024AZ00Yes
Nov 17, 2022LA00Yes