Carrier profile · USDOT 256401 · MC-491078 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

SUNRISE EXPRESS INC

92 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 29 statesGRAND ISLAND, NE70/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-491078 NO AUTHORITYRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssunriseexpress.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 7.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 241 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.8% · 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 6.9 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

234 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 17

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 92-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
92
Inspections · 24 mo
241
Annualized
≈121 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
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 Driving105 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
13False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 260 total · 5 in 24 mo

260
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
99
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254024
20242002
20239129
20228048
20219028
2020120411
20194024
20188028
2017180618
20168048
2015170616
2014130413
2013140513
20126006
2011111411
20107027
2009130313
2008120311
2007130512
20069038
20056045
20047056
20036064
20029049
20014023
20003023
19994132
19986126
19973113
19961011
19956015
19943023
19932022
19921000
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 11, 2026TX01Yes
Sep 24, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 4, 2025ID02Yes
Apr 17, 2025WY01Yes
Feb 26, 2025ID00Yes
Mar 15, 2024WY00Yes
Jan 26, 2024WY00Yes
Dec 14, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 28, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 18, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 14, 2023WY10Yes
Oct 10, 2023PA00Yes
Sep 26, 2023NE01Yes
Mar 11, 2023NE02Yes
Mar 1, 2023NE00Yes
Feb 8, 2023OR00Yes
Dec 15, 2022WY00Yes
Oct 30, 2022CO01Yes
Jul 8, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 5, 2022IA02Yes
May 9, 2022ID00Yes
Mar 30, 2022KY01Yes
Mar 22, 2022WY01Yes
Feb 2, 2022MO00Yes
Nov 2, 2021WY00Yes