Carrier profile · USDOT 1114579 · MC-457274 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PDQ Transportation Inc

DBA URBAN EXPRESS CHARTER

0 power unitsavg 4.8 yrRegional · 7 statesCOLUMBUS, OH94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-457274 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 7.2%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 — 69 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 2.9 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 24

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
official FMCSA
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
5%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 1, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243021
20201010
20183030
20174022
20163022
20156044
20143003
20131001
20121011
20111001
20081001
20041010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 29, 2024NY02No
Jul 17, 2024DC01No
Mar 20, 2024DC00Yes
Aug 31, 2020OH01No
Sep 26, 2018OH01No
Aug 14, 2018OH01No
Mar 21, 2018OH01No
Aug 21, 2017OH01No
Jul 1, 2017OH00Yes
Jun 20, 2017OH02No
Apr 19, 2017OH00Yes
Aug 17, 2016OH01No
May 14, 2016OH01Yes
Apr 22, 2016FL00Yes
Dec 31, 2015OH00Yes
Sep 22, 2015OH01No
Aug 8, 2015OH00Yes
Aug 6, 2015OH01No
Jul 12, 2015OH02Yes
Apr 30, 2015OH03Yes
Sep 25, 2014OH00Yes
Sep 9, 2014OH00Yes
Aug 21, 2014OH00Yes
Oct 22, 2013OH00Yes
Jun 26, 2012OH04Yes