Carrier profile · USDOT 2497935 · MC-865522 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MIDWEST EXPRESS ACQUISITION LLC

DBA MIDWEST EXPRESS CO

167 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 16 statesDES PLAINES, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-865522 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmidwestexpressco.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 10.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 162 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.6% · 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 3.8 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

156 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 167-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
167
Inspections · 24 mo
162
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
30%
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 Driving68 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 29 total · 8 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254013
20245025
20235025
20215024
20203013
20191001
20182002
20171011
20151001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 14, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 4, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 26, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 13, 2025KY02No
Apr 3, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 28, 2024IA02Yes
Oct 25, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 24, 2024IA01Yes
Mar 22, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 19, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 13, 2023MI00Yes
Jul 14, 2023MN01Yes
Jun 27, 2023IN00Yes
Jun 2, 2023IN02Yes
Feb 23, 2023IA00Yes
Dec 10, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 22, 2021IN01Yes
Sep 16, 2021IA00Yes
Apr 30, 2021OH00Yes
Jan 4, 2021IN01No
Nov 10, 2020MI00Yes
Apr 8, 2020IL00Yes
Mar 26, 2020IN01Yes
Sep 17, 2019IA00Yes
Sep 28, 2018IL00Yes