Carrier profile · USDOT 3250448 · MC-102282 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

PRIME EXPRESS LLC

54 power unitsavg 9.1 yrNational · 28 statesDETROIT, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-102282 ACTIVE
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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 39.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 154 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

146 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 12

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 54-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
54
Inspections · 24 mo
154
Annualized
≈77 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

93%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Alert
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
85%
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 Driving76 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance51 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 22 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
10False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 13 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20257047
20244023
20232002
20222002
20214024
20202012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 14, 2026MO01Yes
Mar 14, 2026MO01Yes
Dec 9, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 18, 2025TX02Yes
Oct 18, 2025TX02Yes
Oct 17, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 28, 2025AR01Yes
Mar 14, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 12, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2024KY02Yes
Sep 11, 2024TX02No
May 24, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 23, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 14, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 2, 2022MO00Yes
May 31, 2022MI00Yes
Sep 2, 2021OH01Yes
Jun 19, 2021MO03Yes
May 25, 2021AL00Yes
Mar 22, 2021OH00Yes
Aug 28, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 14, 2020MI01Yes