Carrier profile · USDOT 264809 · MC-179486 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Midwest Express Corporation

DBA MIDWEST EXPRESS

98 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 4 statesLENEXA, KS89/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-179486 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmwex.netFMCSA 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 21.8 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 98-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
7
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
48%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 8, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 146 total · 0 in 24 mo

146
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
57
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20236046
20222012
20219039
20204122
20197026
20188018
2017100210
20165005
20154014
201411049
20136016
20123023
20112002
20102002
20084023
20072002
20065035
20043013
20033003
20027056
20013013
20002022
19995034
19987256
19973013
19962021
19955034
19944023
19932122
19923001
19914013
19902012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 16, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 10, 2023TN01Yes
Oct 24, 2023OK02Yes
Aug 17, 2023TX01Yes
Jun 19, 2023TX00Yes
May 21, 2023IL03Yes
May 20, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 14, 2022NC00Yes
Jan 1, 2022MO01Yes
Dec 17, 2021IL01Yes
Sep 18, 2021TN00Yes
Sep 7, 2021GA00Yes
Sep 2, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 13, 2021TN02Yes
Mar 21, 2021WI00Yes
Mar 17, 2021KS00Yes
Feb 19, 2021KS02Yes
Feb 12, 2021KY00Yes
Sep 17, 2020KS10No
Apr 19, 2020MO00Yes
Mar 26, 2020TX01No
Jan 11, 2020MO01Yes
Dec 5, 2019MO00Yes
Oct 30, 2019PA00Yes
Oct 11, 2019KS01Yes