Carrier profile · USDOT 2018350 · MC-710368 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

MN EXPRESS INC

98 power unitsavg 5.6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesLIVONIA, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-710368 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 111 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 2.3 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

207 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 16

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 98-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
217
Annualized
≈109 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
89%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 37 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

70 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
37Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 69 total · 9 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20255005
20243033
20232022
20225034
20216016
20203003
20197137
20187127
20177027
20168018
20157036
20141010
20134014
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 19, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 11, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 19, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 5, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 27, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 24, 2025OH00Yes
May 6, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 8, 2024MI01Yes
Jul 15, 2024TN01Yes
Feb 13, 2024TN01Yes
Jun 20, 2023IL01Yes
May 10, 2023TN01Yes
Jul 25, 2022KY01Yes
Feb 3, 2022IL01Yes
Jan 25, 2022TX01No
Jan 23, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 7, 2022IN00Yes
Dec 23, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 18, 2021TN00Yes
Jun 28, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 11, 2021IL00Yes
Mar 26, 2021MI02Yes
Jan 26, 2021MI00Yes
Jul 21, 2020MO00Yes