Carrier profile · USDOT 1313194 · MC-527982 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

PRIMA EXPRESS INC

165 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 33 statesJOLIET, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-527982 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 14.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 135 vehicle and 322 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 7.5 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

315 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 21

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
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 165-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
165
Inspections · 24 mo
322
Annualized
161 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving135 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance40 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 20 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

105 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

41ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
19False logs
40Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 93 total · 18 in 24 mo

93
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
2025120411
2024100310
2023150514
20226026
20218028
20207136
20196026
20184034
20173013
20162012
20153012
20133003
20121001
20111001
20101011
20091001
20085025
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026PA01Yes
Apr 5, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 16, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 21, 2026WI00Yes
Nov 29, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 29, 2025SC01Yes
Aug 20, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 20, 2025AR00Yes
Jun 12, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 5, 2025NC00Yes
May 2, 2025KY01Yes
Apr 1, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 25, 2025AL00Yes
Mar 23, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 29, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 11, 2025OH05No
Dec 19, 2024WI00Yes
Nov 5, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 24, 2024TN01Yes
Jun 15, 2024IL01Yes
Jun 12, 2024WI00Yes
May 8, 2024AL01Yes
Apr 13, 2024MO00Yes
Feb 24, 2024OH00Yes
Feb 14, 2024IN00Yes