Carrier profile · USDOT 2505119 · MC-868432 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Nis Express Inc

13 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 28 statesHICKORY HILLS, IL74/100
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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 35.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 22.1 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 8

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 3 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20246044
20234014
20222012
20215115
20205025
20195005
20185135
20173003
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 17, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 9, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 4, 2024OH01No
Jun 7, 2024SC01No
May 19, 2024MD01Yes
Apr 20, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 14, 2024KY02Yes
Oct 20, 2023LA01Yes
Sep 27, 2023MD00Yes
Aug 4, 2023KS00Yes
Jul 26, 2023MI00Yes
May 15, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 6, 2022NC01Yes
Dec 25, 2021CT00Yes
Jun 5, 2021MA00Yes
Apr 20, 2021IL00Yes
Mar 18, 2021GA11Yes
Feb 11, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 10, 2020SC00Yes
Jul 24, 2020PA00Yes
Jul 21, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 29, 2020OH01Yes
May 15, 2020NY01Yes
Dec 14, 2019IL00Yes
Dec 3, 2019WI00Yes