Carrier profile · USDOT 2291589 · MC-814471 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SPECTRUM EXPRESS INC

3 power unitsavg 10.2 yrRegional · 4 statesBARTLETT, IL86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-814471 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksspectrumexpress.netFMCSA 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 100.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 16.7 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 2

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 3-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
9measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 14 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 32 total · 0 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20231001
20202002
20196024
2018100310
20177027
20161001
20152012
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 11, 2024AR00Yes
Aug 8, 2023PA00Yes
Feb 17, 2020MT00Yes
Jan 30, 2020WY00Yes
Sep 18, 2019NY01No
Apr 22, 2019PA00Yes
Mar 6, 2019OH03No
Feb 27, 2019MT00Yes
Feb 20, 2019PA00Yes
Feb 19, 2019MO00Yes
Nov 6, 2018NY00Yes
Jul 11, 2018CT00Yes
Mar 21, 2018PA00Yes
Mar 5, 2018CO00Yes
Feb 21, 2018OK00Yes
Feb 14, 2018PA00Yes
Feb 7, 2018ME00Yes
Jan 16, 2018SC01Yes
Jan 16, 2018WV01Yes
Jan 1, 2018FL02Yes
Dec 11, 2017ID01Yes
Nov 21, 2017UT01Yes
Oct 29, 2017TX00Yes
Sep 15, 2017SD00Yes