Carrier profile · USDOT 3434448 · MC-1113689 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

OCTOPUS EXPRESS INC

41 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 24 statesBROOKLYN, NY75/100
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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 24.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 101 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 12.9 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
101
Annualized
≈51 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving56 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

15ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 5 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253023
20245034
20238127
20223003
20214023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 19, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 30, 2025AR01Yes
Jul 30, 2025AR01Yes
Jan 24, 2025CO00Yes
Dec 17, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 29, 2024OH01Yes
Jul 24, 2024NY02No
Mar 31, 2024PA01Yes
Jan 2, 2024OH00Yes
Dec 15, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 18, 2023NY03No
Aug 16, 2023MD00Yes
Jul 13, 2023PA10Yes
Jun 19, 2023MS00Yes
Jun 7, 2023NY00Yes
Feb 15, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 15, 2023VA02Yes
Dec 6, 2022MD00Yes
May 28, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 17, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 30, 2021NJ01No
Dec 8, 2021KY00Yes
Nov 18, 2021NC02Yes
Aug 5, 2021VA00Yes