Carrier profile · USDOT 2302632 · MC-786115 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

MAX EXPRESS INC

69 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 34 statesNASHVILLE, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-786115 ACTIVE
Verified linksmaxexpressusa.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 12.0 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

134 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 13

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 69-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
69
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving70 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 12 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
13False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 20 total · 6 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252012
20241001
20231011
20221010
20193013
20173133
20151010
20142012
20133013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026TX01Yes
May 22, 2026AR00Yes
Mar 27, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 29, 2025NE00Yes
Mar 19, 2025KS01Yes
Oct 12, 2024VA00Yes
Jun 19, 2023VA01Yes
Oct 15, 2022FL01No
Oct 28, 2019KY02Yes
Mar 7, 2019CT00Yes
Jan 24, 2019FL00Yes
Oct 3, 2017PA02Yes
Sep 16, 2017GA15Yes
Sep 7, 2017NY01Yes
Sep 26, 2015NC01No
Jul 24, 2014NY00Yes
Mar 12, 2014OH04Yes
Dec 20, 2013IN01Yes
Nov 7, 2013OH00Yes
Aug 11, 2013VA00Yes