Carrier profile · USDOT 497033 · MC-471888 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RECYCLING EXPRESS INC

26 power unitsavg 11.5 yrRegional · 3 statesFLORENCE, KY86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-471888 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksrecyclingexpress.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 68.4%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 — 19 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

85.7% · 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 42.3 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 26-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 39 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20231001
20225045
20191011
20181001
20171001
20152011
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 27, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 12, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 14, 2023OH00Yes
Sep 28, 2022KY01Yes
Aug 2, 2022KY00Yes
Jun 8, 2022KY01Yes
Mar 24, 2022KY01Yes
Mar 3, 2022KY02Yes
Jun 20, 2019KY01Yes
Feb 7, 2018KY00Yes
Sep 27, 2017KY00Yes
Nov 19, 2015OH00Yes
Jul 9, 2015OH01No
Dec 28, 2011KY00Yes