Carrier profile · USDOT 2984398 · MC-15905 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Old City Express LLC

62 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 37 statesCOLUMBUS, OH66/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-15905 ACTIVE
Verified linksoldcityexpress.comFMCSA SAFER

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 25.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 265 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.9% · 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 5.7 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

255 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 18

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
≈2.1 / 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
62
Inspections · 24 mo
265
Annualized
≈133 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving125 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 30 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

34ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
6False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 24 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
2025120410
2024130313
20237116
20224014
20211001
20207017
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 2, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 10, 2026OH01Yes
Feb 18, 2026MN00Yes
Jan 25, 2026KS02Yes
Jan 24, 2026KS00Yes
Nov 10, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 7, 2025TX08Yes
Sep 14, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 7, 2025MO02Yes
Jul 25, 2025VA00Yes
May 22, 2025KY01No
Apr 10, 2025DE00Yes
Apr 6, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 13, 2025IL01No
Feb 2, 2025WY00Yes
Jan 30, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 8, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 11, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 7, 2024NJ01Yes
Oct 30, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 23, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 25, 2024KY00Yes
Aug 7, 2024OH00Yes