Carrier profile · USDOT 1172413 · MC-470354 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SONYA EXPRESS INC

26 power unitsavg 5.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesBROOK PARK, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-470354 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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 11.9 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 26-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 27 total · 3 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20241001
20232012
20222102
20211011
20201010
20192011
20181011
20171011
20154004
20141001
20132011
20122011
20102002
20091001
20062012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026OH01No
Feb 17, 2026PA00Yes
Oct 11, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 21, 2023NC01Yes
Mar 21, 2023CT00Yes
Nov 11, 2022OH00Yes
Jan 25, 2022PA10Yes
Aug 9, 2021TX01Yes
Aug 9, 2020NJ01No
Sep 3, 2019OH01No
Feb 20, 2019NJ00Yes
Dec 17, 2018NJ01Yes
May 18, 2017OH01Yes
Oct 20, 2015OH00Yes
Aug 7, 2015CT00Yes
Jul 1, 2015OH00Yes
Apr 1, 2015OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2014NY00Yes
Dec 20, 2013NY01No
Dec 4, 2013CT00Yes
Sep 7, 2012NJ00Yes
Jun 14, 2012PA01No
Oct 7, 2010PA00Yes
Jul 29, 2010VA00Yes
Aug 21, 2009NH00Yes