Carrier profile · USDOT 3156283 · MC-107999 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Shax Express Cargo Inc

80 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 37 statesBENSALEM, PA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-107999 ACTIVE
Verified linksshaxexpresscargo.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 24.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 152 vehicle and 373 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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

361 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 31

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
≈2.3 / 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
80
Inspections · 24 mo
373
Annualized
≈187 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Driving177 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 26 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
11False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 15 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
2025111211
20243033
20232012
20211001
20201011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 16, 2026IA01Yes
Mar 10, 2026AZ00Yes
Feb 12, 2026WA00Yes
Jan 5, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IA01Yes
Oct 29, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 20, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 28, 2025IL11Yes
Jun 30, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 27, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 23, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 16, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 6, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 1, 2025WY00Yes
Jan 12, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 16, 2024PA01Yes
Jul 15, 2024WV01Yes
May 19, 2024GA01Yes
Sep 1, 2023WI01Yes
Mar 14, 2023SC00Yes
Jun 16, 2021OH00Yes
Mar 13, 2020NE01Yes