Carrier profile · USDOT 2103989 · MC-737153 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Payton-claire Express LLC

9 power unitsavg 11.9 yrRegional · 5 statesPLATO, MN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-737153 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 35.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 45.0 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 3

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20222002
20201001
20182022
20172002
20162002
20151001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 27, 2024MN01Yes
Nov 14, 2022MN00Yes
Jul 6, 2022MN00Yes
Feb 29, 2020IA00Yes
Dec 3, 2018AL02Yes
Jan 16, 2018MN02Yes
Sep 16, 2017MO00Yes
Apr 2, 2017MO00Yes
Nov 3, 2016IA00Yes
Mar 3, 2016MO00Yes
Jul 6, 2015MN00Yes
Oct 1, 2014MN00Yes