Carrier profile · USDOT 2204555 · MC-765975 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Mid-tenn Express Inc

16 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 7 statesNOLENSVILLE, TN74/100
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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 38.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 11.1 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
82%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 3 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253012
20241001
20231001
20221001
20213013
20201011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 21, 2025TN01No
Sep 15, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 16, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 31, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 20, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 27, 2022IN00Yes
Jun 10, 2021VA00Yes
Apr 17, 2021TN02Yes
Feb 18, 2021TN00Yes
Dec 31, 2020IN01Yes