Carrier profile · USDOT 3339716 · MC-1065725 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SUNCOAST EXPRESS LLC

6 power unitsavg 8.4 yrNational · 16 statesOCALA, FL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1065725 ACTIVE

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 40.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 27 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 31.7 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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

≈2.3 / 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: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

97%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

69%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

43%

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 Driving93 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 12 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 2 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues

13No log / no ELD

6False 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· 3 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1
2023	1	1	1
2022	1	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 11, 2025	MS	0	Yes
Jan 21, 2023	NE	1	Yes
Jun 11, 2022	TX	0	Yes