Carrier profile · USDOT 1392820 · MC-1754749 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MLA EXPRESS INC

32 power unitsavg 18 yrLocal · 1 statesKENT, WA50/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1754749 NO AUTHORITY
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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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 29.5 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 5

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 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 47 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 4 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251101
20241001
20231011
20221001
20211001
20191001
20181011
20164004
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026WA00Yes
May 1, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 30, 2026WA02Yes
Nov 29, 2025WA10Yes
Apr 11, 2024WA00Yes
Jun 17, 2023WA01Yes
Jun 9, 2022WA00Yes
May 24, 2021WA00Yes
Apr 29, 2019WA00Yes
Nov 8, 2018WA03Yes
Dec 9, 2016WA00Yes
Nov 9, 2016WA00Yes
Jun 4, 2016WA00Yes
Apr 22, 2016WA00Yes