Carrier profile · USDOT 1326554 · MC-517070 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SERVICE FIRST EXPRESS INC

45 power unitsavg 18.5 yrLocal · 1 statesWINSTON SALEM, NC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-517070 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 20.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 55 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 5

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 45-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
55
Annualized
≈28 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.49 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 84 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241001
20222002
20214014
20202002
20191001
20182012
20175025
20162012
20152011
20143013
20131011
20121001
20091001
20081001
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 13, 2025NC00Yes
May 24, 2025NC01Yes
Nov 9, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 31, 2022NC00Yes
May 23, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 7, 2021NC00Yes
May 18, 2021GA03Yes
Jan 9, 2021NC00Yes
Jan 9, 2021NC00Yes
Feb 25, 2020NC00Yes
Jan 15, 2020WV00Yes
Jul 21, 2019TN00Yes
Oct 6, 2018NC01Yes
Jun 10, 2018NC00Yes
Dec 23, 2017PA00Yes
Dec 18, 2017NC01Yes
Sep 12, 2017VA00Yes
Jun 29, 2017PA01Yes
Jun 13, 2017VA00Yes
Dec 11, 2016VA00Yes
Apr 4, 2016GA01Yes
Sep 17, 2015NC00Yes
Jan 8, 2015NY01No
Aug 28, 2014VA00Yes
Jul 28, 2014FL01Yes