Carrier profile · USDOT 70850 · MC-119656 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NORTH EXPRESS INC

11 power unitsavg 8.2 yrMulti-region · 10 statesWINAMAC, IN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-119656 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 21.4%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 — 14 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 27.4 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 3

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 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

51%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

10%

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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
177.823 Other violationOther3 · 2 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

4ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

3False logs

2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	1	1	1
2022	2	1	2	2
2004	1	0	0	1
2003	3	0	1	3
2002	2	0	2	1
2000	1	0	0	1
1997	1	0	1	1
1996	1	0	0	1
1994	1	0	0	1
1990	2	0	2	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 24, 2025	VA	1	1	Yes
Nov 7, 2022	ND	0	1	Yes
Jul 9, 2022	MN	1	1	Yes
Mar 31, 2004	IN	0	0	Yes
Oct 2, 2003	IN	0	1	Yes
Apr 7, 2003	MI	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2003	MI	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 2002	IN	0	1	Yes
Jul 22, 2002	OH	0	1	No
Nov 6, 2000	IN	0	0	Yes
Dec 30, 1997	IN	0	1	Yes
Jan 29, 1996	IN	0	0	Yes
Mar 30, 1994	IN	0	0	Yes
Jul 6, 1990	IL	0	2	Yes
Jun 30, 1990	IL	0	1	Yes