Carrier profile · USDOT 2263299 · MC-772517 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

NATION EXPRESS LLC

34 power unitsavg 7.8 yrMulti-region · 13 statesDEARBORN, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-772517 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksnationexpressllc.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 34.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 4.0 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

76 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 7

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 34-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
34
Inspections · 24 mo
81
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Alert
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving35 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
16False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 5 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242012
20234004
20224014
20215025
20205025
20196166
20184014
20172012
20165024
20151001
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 3, 2026OH00Yes
Oct 11, 2025OH01Yes
Jan 31, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 14, 2024OH01Yes
Oct 17, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 12, 2023KY00Yes
Aug 30, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 9, 2023KY00Yes
Feb 23, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 18, 2022MI00Yes
Oct 19, 2022GA02Yes
Feb 17, 2022OH00Yes
Feb 9, 2022AR00Yes
Dec 16, 2021MI00Yes
May 4, 2021OH02Yes
Mar 29, 2021OH00Yes
Mar 3, 2021TN01Yes
Jan 21, 2021OH00Yes
Dec 1, 2020MI00Yes
Nov 25, 2020TN01Yes
Oct 20, 2020OH01Yes
Aug 18, 2020OH00Yes
Jan 13, 2020OH00Yes
Dec 11, 2019MI01Yes
Oct 30, 2019KY01Yes