Carrier profile · USDOT 2971334 · MC-10229 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Martian Express Company

120 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 40 statesNAPERVILLE, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-10229 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmartianexpress.usFMCSA 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 34.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 172 vehicle and 466 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.3% · 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 6.1 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

457 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 28

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
≈1.9 / 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
120
Inspections · 24 mo
466
Annualized
≈233 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving224 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance73 · 68 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 72 total · 47 in 24 mo

72
Total crashes
47
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265135
2025281228
20242801028
20234033
20222012
20215115
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 21, 2026LA00Yes
Jun 11, 2026PA02Yes
Mar 9, 2026AR10Yes
Feb 9, 2026IN01Yes
Jan 12, 2026IN01Yes
Dec 12, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 10, 2025WI00Yes
Nov 23, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 16, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 24, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 22, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 19, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 15, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 14, 2025MD00Yes
Sep 26, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 24, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 18, 2025FL00Yes
Sep 12, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 30, 2025AR00Yes
May 28, 2025IN00Yes
May 1, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 19, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 13, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 10, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 4, 2025VA01Yes