Carrier profile · USDOT 35207 · MC-2153 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MIDWEST MOTOR EXPRESS INC

522 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 18 statesBISMARCK, ND66/100
BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-2153 BROKER ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 207 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 19.7 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

196 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 28

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 522-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
522
Inspections · 24 mo
207
Annualized
≈104 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
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 Driving73 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance67 · 25 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 25 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 268 total · 19 in 24 mo

268
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
61
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2025131212
2024120211
202311167
2022120112
20219129
20206026
20198018
20185015
2017100110
2016100210
2015110111
2014130212
2013180518
20129029
2011110210
20105015
2009130113
20088017
2007130310
20063013
20057037
20045024
20035015
20025025
20011001
20006025
19994014
19984023
19976126
19964013
19954022
19944014
19937027
19922002
19913011
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 9, 2025IA00Yes
Dec 3, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 15, 2025ID00Yes
Sep 23, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 19, 2025WI00Yes
Aug 28, 2025IA01No
Jun 17, 2025SD10Yes
May 15, 2025WY00Yes
Apr 25, 2025ND00Yes
Apr 21, 2025CO00Yes
Feb 24, 2025OR02Yes
Jan 31, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 29, 2025WA00Yes
Dec 30, 2024ID02No
Dec 30, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 12, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 25, 2024WY00Yes
Oct 9, 2024ID00Yes
Oct 1, 2024MT00Yes
Jun 18, 2024CO00Yes
Jun 7, 2024ID00Yes
Apr 26, 2024MT00Yes
Apr 23, 2024IA01Yes
Feb 27, 2024WA00Yes
Jan 16, 2024NE00Yes