Carrier profile · USDOT 282155 · MC-192957 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

RELAY EXPRESS INC

23 power unitsavg 3.5 yrRegional · 5 statesFAIRFIELD, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-192957 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrelayexpress.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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 11.7 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 3

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 23-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 7, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 69 total · 3 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20241001
20231001
20224104
20214014
20196016
20183003
20176055
20169029
20153032
20141001
2013111211
20123013
20112002
20105125
20091001
20083003
20072002
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 3, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 3, 2025OH01Yes
Aug 8, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 3, 2024IN00Yes
May 17, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 14, 2022KY00Yes
Aug 19, 2022MI00Yes
Mar 10, 2022OH20Yes
Jan 18, 2022NY00Yes
Nov 12, 2021OH00Yes
Jul 17, 2021PA00Yes
Jun 9, 2021MI01Yes
Mar 15, 2021OH00Yes
Dec 18, 2019MI05Yes
Oct 26, 2019IN00Yes
Oct 11, 2019KY00Yes
May 28, 2019MI00Yes
Apr 17, 2019OH00Yes
Mar 4, 2019MI00Yes
Nov 10, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 12, 2018OH00Yes
Jan 24, 2018MI00Yes
Nov 15, 2017KY01No
Oct 10, 2017MI01Yes
Oct 3, 2017OH02Yes