Overland Express Company
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
56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 5
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
- 52
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 57
- Annualized
- ≈29 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance39 · 10 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 90 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 9, 2025 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 23, 2025 | TX | 0 | 3 | No |
| Oct 3, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 30, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2024 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 9, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2021 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2019 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 19, 2018 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2017 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2017 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 7, 2015 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2015 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |