Carrier profile · USDOT 2515919 · MC-872917 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

OTR EXPRESS INC

46 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 25 statesROMEOVILLE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-872917 ACTIVE
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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 26.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 174 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · 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 5.0 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

171 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 13

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
≈1.9 / 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
46
Inspections · 24 mo
174
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 23 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

67 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
19False logs
14Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 7 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255024
20244024
20233003
20221001
20212002
20191111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 23, 2026LA00Yes
Nov 9, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 19, 2025KY01Yes
Jun 25, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 26, 2025NC01No
Mar 14, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 14, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 30, 2024GA02Yes
Jul 19, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 15, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 17, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 6, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 3, 2023KY00Yes
Jan 23, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 29, 2021LA00Yes
Feb 19, 2021WV00Yes
Oct 1, 2019IN11Yes