Carrier profile · USDOT 3938729 · MC-1462128 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Pony Express Group Inc

DBA PONY EXPRESS GROUP

150 power unitsavg 3.5 yrNational · 46 statesWHEELING, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1462128 ACTIVE
Verified linksponyexpressgroup.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 28.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 194 vehicle and 429 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.2% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.7 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

413 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 30

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 150-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
150
Inspections · 24 mo
429
Annualized
≈215 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
92%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving227 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance70 · 52 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance64 · 25 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 12 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance30 · 15 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

186 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

91ELD device issues
13No log / no ELD
48False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 17 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
2025110511
20245005
20232012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 10, 2026KY00Yes
May 9, 2026IN02Yes
May 4, 2026MA00Yes
Feb 20, 2026IA00Yes
Oct 2, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 23, 2025OK00Yes
Aug 14, 2025TN01Yes
Aug 2, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 7, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 29, 2025LA00Yes
Feb 25, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 6, 2025IA01Yes
Jan 24, 2025OH02Yes
Jan 20, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 7, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 17, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 3, 2024TN00Yes
May 7, 2024MD00Yes
Apr 5, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 2, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 14, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 16, 2023KS01Yes