Carrier profile · USDOT 2858208 · MC-366984 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Skyline Express Iii LLC

DBA APOLLO EXPRESS

28 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesJACKSON, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-366984 ACTIVE
Verified linksapolloexpressinc.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 36.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 5.1 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 28-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
48
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 39 total · 6 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20254024
20241011
20231001
20225035
20212002
20202022
20199029
20184114
20175024
20164014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026MI01Yes
Feb 16, 2026OH00Yes
Sep 26, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 21, 2025MI01Yes
Jul 1, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MI01Yes
Mar 5, 2024MI01Yes
Sep 24, 2023IN00Yes
Nov 22, 2022MI01Yes
Aug 31, 2022MI01Yes
Aug 5, 2022MI00Yes
May 23, 2022GA00Yes
Jan 10, 2022MI01Yes
Apr 15, 2021AR00Yes
Feb 26, 2021OH00Yes
Oct 21, 2020IN01Yes
Feb 17, 2020MI01Yes
Dec 12, 2019OH01Yes
Oct 26, 2019MI00Yes
Oct 5, 2019OH00Yes
Sep 29, 2019IA00Yes
Jun 26, 2019OH00Yes
Apr 5, 2019KY00Yes
Mar 16, 2019MI02Yes
Feb 13, 2019MI00Yes