Carrier profile · USDOT 1529066 · MC-570004 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

M & S CARGO EXPRESS CORP

19 power unitsavg 9.4 yrRegional · 5 statesMIAMI, FL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-570004 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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 28 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 38.1 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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 19-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 28 total · 7 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20247027
20234024
20225015
20213012
20202012
20191010
20181001
20171011
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 12, 2026FL01Yes
Aug 5, 2025FL00Yes
Mar 4, 2025FL00Yes
Sep 18, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 18, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 30, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 9, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 17, 2024FL02Yes
Apr 30, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 6, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 6, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 20, 2023FL01Yes
Jun 29, 2023FL01Yes
Feb 14, 2023FL00Yes
Aug 19, 2022FL01Yes
Jun 2, 2022FL00Yes
Mar 12, 2022FL00Yes
Feb 3, 2022FL00Yes
Jan 12, 2022FL00Yes
Oct 25, 2021FL01No
Oct 3, 2021FL00Yes
Apr 15, 2021FL00Yes
Apr 30, 2020FL01Yes
Jan 7, 2020FL00Yes
Dec 18, 2019FL01No