OHIO EASTERN EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 78
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 50
- Annualized
- ≈25 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 112 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2025 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2024 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 30, 2020 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2019 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2019 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 11, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2018 | NY | 0 | 4 | Yes |