Carrier profile · USDOT 878050 · MC-383913 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SIERRA EXPRESS INC

39 power unitsavg 4.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesCHATSWORTH, GA82/100
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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 14.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 114 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 20.1 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 10

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 39-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
39
Inspections · 24 mo
114
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
89%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving49 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

52 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
5False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 3 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242012
20231001
20214024
20206016
20192002
20189039
20176115
20164024
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 7, 2026TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 22, 2025CA02Yes
May 8, 2024CA01Yes
Apr 17, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 22, 2023NM00Yes
Oct 10, 2021TX00Yes
Aug 6, 2021TX00Yes
May 28, 2021CA01Yes
Feb 14, 2021TX02Yes
Dec 31, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 29, 2020NM01Yes
Dec 19, 2020GA00Yes
Nov 26, 2020FL00Yes
Sep 2, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 26, 2020AL00Yes
Jul 3, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 17, 2019MO00Yes
Dec 27, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 5, 2018TX00Yes
Aug 26, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2018CA01Yes
May 27, 2018MS05Yes
May 21, 2018AL01Yes
May 20, 2018TX00Yes