Carrier profile · USDOT 2365847 · MC-811216 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SHAMA EXPRESS LLC

49 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 21 statesGRAFTON, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-811216 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksshamaexpress.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 29.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.2 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

84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 49-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
40%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
19False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 70 total · 7 in 24 mo

70
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252012
20244022
20232012
20225025
20216025
2020121512
20195005
201810019
2017130112
20164004
20142002
20132012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026AR00Yes
Apr 13, 2026KS01Yes
Jan 21, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 13, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 3, 2025MD01Yes
Sep 28, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 19, 2024PA01No
Jul 25, 2024KY00Yes
Jun 26, 2024IL01No
Oct 3, 2023IN01Yes
Jun 14, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 27, 2022NY01Yes
Sep 28, 2022NY00Yes
Aug 12, 2022MI00Yes
Aug 1, 2022IN01Yes
May 24, 2022IN00Yes
Dec 8, 2021NY00Yes
Jul 26, 2021KY04Yes
Apr 1, 2021OH01No
Mar 4, 2021TN00Yes
Feb 22, 2021MI00Yes
Jan 20, 2021IN00Yes
Dec 20, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 20, 2020PA14Yes
Dec 11, 2020MD01Yes