Carrier profile · USDOT 746189 · MC-259185 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MID - WEST EXPRESS INC

3 power unitsavg 8.7 yrRegional · 6 statesDENVER, CO69/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-259185 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 29.2 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 3-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

35%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

36%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

87%

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.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

1False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2013	1	1	1	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	2	0	2	2
2008	2	0	1	2
2007	1	0	0	1
1999	2	0	0	2
1997	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 10, 2025	CO	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2023	NE	0	0	Yes
Jun 24, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 14, 2020	CO	0	1	Yes
Aug 3, 2019	OK	0	1	Yes
Jul 20, 2015	IL	0	1	Yes
Jul 31, 2013	IN	1	2	Yes
Oct 3, 2010	MO	0	0	Yes
Aug 26, 2009	IL	0	1	Yes
Jan 28, 2009	OH	0	1	Yes
Nov 10, 2008	KS	0	0	Yes
Mar 14, 2008	TX	0	1	Yes
Dec 8, 2007	CO	0	0	Yes
Oct 8, 1999	KS	0	0	Yes
Aug 19, 1999	KS	0	0	Yes
Nov 7, 1997	KS	0	1	No