Carrier profile · USDOT 547546 · MC-271323 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

PAHOA EXPRESS INC

97 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 27 statesCLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-271323 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspahoaexpress.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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 105 vehicle and 181 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.1% · 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 7.7 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

176 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 97-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
181
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance20 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
20Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 82 total · 4 in 24 mo

82
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20243003
20231011
20222002
20216016
20204004
20194004
2018121411
20177017
20169019
20156016
20146126
20135025
20123033
20091001
20081001
20073003
20042011
20032012
19981010
19971010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 26, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 6, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 17, 2024LA00Yes
May 3, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 6, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 9, 2023TX01Yes
Sep 21, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 15, 2022MO00Yes
Nov 8, 2021MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2021MI00Yes
Aug 27, 2021MI00Yes
Aug 24, 2021MI00Yes
Feb 18, 2021IL01Yes
Jan 26, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 30, 2020IN00Yes
Dec 15, 2020MI00Yes
Nov 5, 2020MI00Yes
Jun 16, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 12, 2019MI00Yes
Jul 12, 2019MD00Yes
Jul 8, 2019AL00Yes
Jan 21, 2019MI00Yes
Dec 28, 2018NY00Yes
Nov 26, 2018MI00Yes