Carrier profile · USDOT 3564601 · MC-1198495 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NUKA EXPRESS INC

102 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 42 statesDAYTON, OH80/100
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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 35.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 143 vehicle and 306 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.9% · 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 9.4 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

302 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 29

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 102-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
102
Inspections · 24 mo
306
Annualized
≈153 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · 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 Driving142 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 32 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
6False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 23 total · 12 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
20255025
20247047
20233003
20221001
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2026CT02Yes
Mar 27, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 24, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 24, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 18, 2026UT01Yes
Jan 31, 2026VA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 13, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 6, 2025OK02Yes
May 14, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 24, 2025MD01Yes
Nov 13, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 3, 2024VA01Yes
May 28, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 9, 2024FL02Yes
Feb 13, 2024PA00Yes
Jan 6, 2024PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2024NC04Yes
Nov 4, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 25, 2023LA00Yes
Mar 15, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 16, 2022MD00Yes
Oct 29, 2021CA00Yes