Carrier profile · USDOT 1773967 · MC-647427 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

MIDWEST EXPRESS INC

95 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 28 statesSCHERERVILLE, IN81/100
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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 27.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 111 vehicle and 271 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.0% · 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 14.0 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

264 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 18

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
271
Annualized
≈136 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving106 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 22 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
6False logs
18Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 69 total · 6 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252101
20246036
20237035
20228028
20214004
20208128
2019100410
20185015
20176026
20161011
20154004
20142012
20133013
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026AR00Yes
Apr 25, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 22, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 1, 2025IL10No
Nov 10, 2024IL01Yes
Aug 18, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 25, 2024OH00Yes
Feb 8, 2024GA01Yes
Jan 18, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 17, 2024OH00Yes
Dec 13, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 6, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 22, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 26, 2023GA01No
Jun 7, 2023GA01No
Apr 19, 2023IN01Yes
Mar 14, 2023NC00Yes
Dec 26, 2022IL01Yes
Nov 13, 2022WV00Yes
Aug 14, 2022IN00Yes
Apr 7, 2022KY00Yes
Mar 30, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 26, 2022IN01Yes
Feb 6, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 3, 2022IN00Yes