Carrier profile · USDOT 1119424 · MC-473382 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Shippers Preferred Express Inc

112 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 36 statesPHOENIX, AZ81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-473382 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 22.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 110 vehicle and 224 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.9% · 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

220 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 15

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 112-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
112
Inspections · 24 mo
224
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
52%
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 Driving81 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 10 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 16 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

83 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

47ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
11False logs
19Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 59 total · 7 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253003
20246016
20235025
20224024
20214024
20205005
20196044
20187117
20175015
20163033
20153003
20144024
20111001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026AZ00Yes
May 2, 2026AZ00Yes
Nov 6, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 25, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 22, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 4, 2024CO02Yes
Nov 10, 2024CO00Yes
May 16, 2024AZ00Yes
Jan 23, 2024IA00Yes
Jan 8, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 18, 2023FL03Yes
Sep 7, 2023CA00Yes
May 20, 2023OK01Yes
Jan 31, 2023AZ00Yes
Jan 2, 2023CO00Yes
Aug 18, 2022PA01Yes
Jun 24, 2022CA01Yes
Apr 28, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2022AZ00Yes
Jun 4, 2021TX01Yes
Apr 27, 2021NV00Yes
Mar 11, 2021CA00Yes
Feb 20, 2021NV01Yes
Nov 7, 2020AZ00Yes