Carrier profile · USDOT 2812942 · MC-937895 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MS EXPRESS INC

DBA SAFEWAY LOGISTICS

60 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 30 statesPLAIN CITY, OH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-937895 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 30.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 157 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

150 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 13

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 60-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
157
Annualized
≈79 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving87 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 6 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 29 total · 7 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20253013
20242012
20234013
20223013
20214014
20207037
20192012
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 27, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 27, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 16, 2026GA04Yes
Dec 19, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 30, 2025NY00Yes
Sep 22, 2025NC01Yes
Aug 10, 2024OH00Yes
Jun 2, 2024OH01Yes
Nov 28, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 26, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 9, 2023PA02No
Feb 22, 2023NM00Yes
Jun 9, 2022VA01Yes
Feb 10, 2022FL00Yes
Jan 19, 2022WV00Yes
Oct 13, 2021NC00Yes
Oct 12, 2021WY02Yes
Feb 26, 2021WA00Yes
Jan 13, 2021NM00Yes
Nov 11, 2020VA02Yes
Oct 23, 2020GA01Yes
Oct 10, 2020TN00Yes
May 29, 2020OH00Yes
Apr 23, 2020NV00Yes
Mar 15, 2020CO00Yes