Carrier profile · USDOT 471013 · MC-123978 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

RELIABLE EXPRESS INC

3 power unitsavg 9.8 yrRegional · 6 statesSELLERSBURG, IN75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-123978 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 38.7 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
2.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
6 / yr
Coverage
2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241011
20221001
20171001
20151011
20081011
20061010
20032022
20022012
20011001
20001001
19991011
19973023
19961010
19951010
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2025MS00Yes
Aug 8, 2024AL01Yes
Apr 17, 2022TN00Yes
Aug 22, 2017TN00Yes
Dec 9, 2015AL01Yes
Jun 11, 2008TX01Yes
May 10, 2006KY01No
Oct 31, 2003TX01Yes
Oct 27, 2003AZ01Yes
Oct 14, 2002CA00Yes
Jun 11, 2002KY03Yes
Apr 9, 2001MS00Yes
Nov 8, 2000KY00Yes
Jan 7, 1999OH01Yes
Nov 2, 1997KY00Yes
Aug 19, 1997MA01Yes
Jun 1, 1997MA01Yes
Apr 22, 1996MI01No
Nov 20, 1995KY02No
Aug 25, 1994KY01Yes