Carrier profile · USDOT 2510681 · MC-870764 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Mns1 Express Inc

186 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 17 statesPLAINFIELD, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-870764 ACTIVE
Verified linksmns1express.comFMCSA 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 29.1%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 — 134 vehicle and 314 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.0% · 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

305 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 22

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 186-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
186
Inspections · 24 mo
314
Annualized
≈157 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
58%
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 Driving137 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 34 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 79 total · 19 in 24 mo

79
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025160415
2024100210
20238027
20222002
20215015
20207017
2019110311
2018120412
20176016
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 29, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 17, 2025IA00Yes
Dec 10, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 29, 2025WI00Yes
Nov 10, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 10, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 10, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 3, 2025WV00Yes
Aug 13, 2025IL01Yes
Jun 17, 2025IL01No
Jun 3, 2025WI00Yes
Jun 2, 2025IN02Yes
Mar 17, 2025MO01Yes
Mar 15, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 6, 2025ND00Yes
Jan 27, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 1, 2024WI01Yes
Aug 27, 2024GA01Yes
Jul 29, 2024WI00Yes
Jul 16, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 24, 2024IN00Yes
May 28, 2024MI00Yes
May 2, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 3, 2024IA00Yes