Carrier profile · USDOT 610538 · MC-293651 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

PINNACLE EXPRESS INC

0 power unitsavg 5.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesANN ARBOR, MI100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-293651 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 7.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 52 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.2 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

50 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 0 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20233032
20223003
20215035
20202021
20184004
20171011
20161001
20151001
20142012
20101001
20061011
20051011
20031010
20021010
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 29, 2023WI05Yes
Apr 7, 2023TX01Yes
Feb 9, 2023TX01No
Jul 23, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 8, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 24, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 13, 2021TX01Yes
Jun 18, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 13, 2021TX02Yes
Jun 9, 2020TX01Yes
May 15, 2020TX01No
Oct 12, 2018MI00Yes
Aug 11, 2018MI00Yes
Jan 30, 2018MI00Yes
Jan 4, 2018IN00Yes
Mar 9, 2017IN01Yes
Sep 30, 2016MI00Yes
Feb 27, 2015NC00Yes
Jul 17, 2014MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2014IL02Yes
Apr 5, 2010IN00Yes
Jun 7, 2006MI01Yes
Sep 21, 2005MI01Yes