Carrier profile · USDOT 2157427 · MC-749889 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Marathon Xpress Inc

5 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 19 statesMIAMI, FL68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-749889 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmarathonxpressinc.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 41.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 75 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 19.8 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

71 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 16

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
≈7.5 / 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
5
Inspections · 24 mo
75
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈7.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 18 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

57ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
10False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 4 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20247117
20231001
20223013
20212002
20191011
20181001
20171011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 1, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 18, 2024OR00Yes
Nov 17, 2024MS00Yes
Oct 7, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 25, 2024FL00Yes
May 2, 2024FL01Yes
Apr 25, 2024WY00Yes
Mar 6, 2024TX10Yes
Mar 7, 2023MT00Yes
Nov 18, 2022WA00Yes
Oct 19, 2022TN01Yes
Sep 25, 2022OR00Yes
Nov 28, 2021WY00Yes
Mar 24, 2021WY00Yes
Mar 30, 2019ID01Yes
Feb 17, 2018WA00Yes
Nov 28, 2017FL02Yes