Carrier profile · USDOT 125119 · MC-118527 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sourdough Express Inc

113 power unitsavg 10.4 yrLocal · 2 statesFAIRBANKS, AK74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-118527 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssourdoughexpress.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 35.9%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 — 145 vehicle and 291 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.7% · 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 3.9 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

285 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 23

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 113-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
113
Inspections · 24 mo
293
Annualized
≈147 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving182 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance86 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 18 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 26 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 15 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

3ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
19False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20242112
20221001
20201001
20171011
20152012
20145045
20131011
20121001
20103003
20094004
20082012
20061011
20021001
20011011
20001001
19981011
19971101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 6, 2026AK00Yes
Oct 20, 2025AK01Yes
Dec 29, 2024AK00Yes
Feb 6, 2024AK12Yes
Jan 11, 2022AK00Yes
Mar 26, 2020AK00Yes
Jan 17, 2017AK01Yes
Nov 2, 2015AK02Yes
Jun 22, 2015AK00Yes
Sep 2, 2014AK01Yes
Jul 29, 2014AK00Yes
Jul 14, 2014AK01Yes
Jun 13, 2014AK01Yes
Feb 9, 2014AK01Yes
Jun 7, 2013AK01Yes
Jan 10, 2012AK00Yes
Dec 21, 2010AK00Yes
Sep 14, 2010AK00Yes
Jul 3, 2010AK00Yes
Oct 12, 2009AK00Yes
Sep 10, 2009AK00Yes
Aug 10, 2009AK00Yes
Jun 29, 2009AK00Yes
Dec 6, 2008AK01Yes
Oct 9, 2008AK00Yes