Carrier profile · USDOT 2285847 · MC-780737 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

S A EXPRESS INC

198 power unitsavg 5.7 yrMulti-region · 9 statesROMULUS, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-780737 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 28.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 130 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.0 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

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

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 198-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
198
Inspections · 24 mo
130
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
60%
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 Driving72 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 22 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 75 total · 20 in 24 mo

75
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
2025140614
20249039
20239019
20224014
20217127
20202202
20199039
20183003
20165014
20154014
20145115
20132002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 12, 2026KY00Yes
Nov 24, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 29, 2025OH01Yes
Sep 25, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 16, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 15, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 26, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 14, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 8, 2025OH01Yes
Jul 7, 2025IA02Yes
Jun 13, 2025MI02Yes
Mar 27, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 11, 2025OH01Yes
Jan 21, 2025OH02Yes
Jan 10, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 30, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 21, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 12, 2024IN01Yes
Aug 10, 2024MI01Yes
Jul 28, 2024OH00Yes
Jul 22, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 10, 2024IL00Yes
May 7, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 27, 2024IL03Yes