Carrier profile · USDOT 2575849 · MC-900966 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SUN EXPRESS INC

DBA SUN EXPRESS

82 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 40 statesROLLING MEADOWS, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-900966 ACTIVE
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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 19.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 134 vehicle and 306 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

300 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
82
Inspections · 24 mo
306
Annualized
≈153 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
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 Driving104 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
9False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 5 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254004
20244024
20234134
20221001
20212011
20201001
20181011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 21, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 16, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 14, 2025WA00Yes
Aug 22, 2024NC01Yes
Feb 19, 2024CA02Yes
Feb 15, 2024MT00Yes
Jan 16, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 22, 2023TX01Yes
Aug 9, 2023TX14Yes
Jul 15, 2023KS01Yes
Jun 16, 2023AL00Yes
Nov 22, 2022NE00Yes
Jul 14, 2021FL01No
Apr 14, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 20, 2020WY00Yes
Jul 28, 2018GA02Yes