Carrier profile · USDOT 1332114 · MC-553856 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MTR EXPRESS INC

15 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 10 statesBENSENVILLE, IL93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-553856 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 13.0 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 34
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

73%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

39%

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.

393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 15 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	2	0	0	2
2018	3	0	2	3
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	0	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	1	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2009	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 17, 2020	IA	0	0	Yes
Dec 22, 2019	WY	0	0	Yes
Jan 23, 2019	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jun 30, 2018	UT	0	1	Yes
Feb 16, 2018	IL	0	0	Yes
Jan 25, 2018	NV	0	1	Yes
Jul 19, 2017	IL	0	0	Yes
Jan 18, 2016	WY	0	0	Yes
Sep 27, 2015	NM	0	0	Yes
Apr 30, 2015	CO	0	0	Yes
Dec 10, 2013	WY	0	0	Yes
Sep 9, 2012	NE	1	0	Yes
Mar 28, 2011	CA	0	0	Yes
Jun 9, 2009	NV	0	1	Yes
May 18, 2009	NY	0	0	Yes