Carrier profile · USDOT 2916198 · MC-983719 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MEK EXPRESS LLC

1 power unitavg 7 yrNational · 33 statesDAYTON, OH56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-983719 INACTIVE
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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 41.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 95 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 40.2 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

91 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 10

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
≈47.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
95
Annualized
≈48 / yr
Coverage
≈47.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
41%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
86%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
6False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 11 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256046
20246026
20231001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 20, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 21, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 8, 2025WV01Yes
Nov 29, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 23, 2025AR01Yes
Jun 18, 2025TX02Yes
Mar 24, 2025GA01Yes
Dec 28, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 11, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 26, 2024IN01Yes
Aug 4, 2024PA01Yes
Mar 14, 2024WV00Yes
Feb 7, 2024SC00Yes
Dec 28, 2023CO00Yes