Carrier profile · USDOT 1143070 · MC-461323 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

RUSH EXPEDITING INC

135 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 7 statesDAYTON, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-461323 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksrush-delivery.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 14.0%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 — 57 vehicle and 104 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 10

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 135-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
135
Inspections · 24 mo
104
Annualized
≈52 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 48 total · 6 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262111
20254014
20241001
20231001
20222012
20215114
20201001
20195025
20183003
20172002
20164024
20156036
20145014
20132002
20111010
20101011
20091001
20081001
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2026OH03Yes
Feb 13, 2026OH10No
Dec 7, 2025OH01Yes
Sep 24, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 24, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 18, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 27, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 24, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 9, 2022OH00Yes
Jan 4, 2022OH01Yes
Dec 27, 2021KY00Yes
Aug 10, 2021OH00Yes
Aug 4, 2021KY00Yes
Jun 29, 2021OH10No
Feb 12, 2021OH02Yes
Mar 16, 2020OH00Yes
May 6, 2019OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2019OH02Yes
Feb 13, 2019OH01Yes
Feb 11, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 24, 2019OH00Yes
Nov 17, 2018KY00Yes
Oct 29, 2018OH00Yes
Feb 8, 2018OH00Yes
Dec 7, 2017KY00Yes