Carrier profile · USDOT 660955 · MC-309604 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Morton Motor Express Inc

54 power unitsavg 8 yrRegional · 7 statesRURAL HALL, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-309604 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmortonexpress.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 21.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 95 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 16.9 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

93 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 10

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 54-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
54
Inspections · 24 mo
95
Annualized
≈48 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 3 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262122
20251011
20241001
20232012
20221001
20213023
20165115
20143003
20111001
20091001
20072012
20061011
20041001
20021001
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 12, 2026NC11Yes
Feb 25, 2026NC01Yes
Jan 7, 2025SC01Yes
Jul 12, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 27, 2023NC01Yes
Jul 13, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 10, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 29, 2021NC00Yes
Oct 18, 2021NC01Yes
Oct 6, 2021NC01Yes
Dec 8, 2016NC00Yes
Oct 19, 2016NC00Yes
Oct 14, 2016NC00Yes
Mar 12, 2016NC11Yes
Feb 5, 2016NC00Yes
Dec 2, 2014NC00Yes
Aug 1, 2014SC00Yes
Jun 25, 2014NC00Yes
Apr 25, 2011NC00Yes
Dec 18, 2009NC00Yes
Jul 18, 2007NC02Yes
Apr 11, 2007VA00Yes
Jun 30, 2006NC01Yes
Feb 4, 2004NC00Yes
Oct 11, 2002NC00Yes