Carrier profile · USDOT 2014244 · MC-731839 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Svoboda Express Inc

DBA SVB EXPRESS

140 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 38 statesBENSENVILLE, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-731839 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssvbexpress.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 16.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 189 vehicle and 357 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 6.8 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

350 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 24

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 140-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
140
Inspections · 24 mo
358
Annualized
≈179 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
7Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 60 total · 7 in 24 mo

60
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254024
20244024
20236016
20224014
20213003
20203003
20198026
20188118
20174004
20166036
20154004
20142002
20132022
20122012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 7, 2025OR01Yes
Jul 7, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 9, 2025OR00Yes
May 6, 2025NV00Yes
Nov 16, 2024MS02Yes
Nov 7, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 14, 2024PA02Yes
Apr 22, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 14, 2023UT00Yes
Aug 13, 2023FL00Yes
Jun 27, 2023MO00Yes
May 31, 2023NY02Yes
Mar 24, 2023NM00Yes
Feb 15, 2023CO00Yes
Aug 29, 2022OH02Yes
Jun 21, 2022AZ00Yes
Mar 12, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 16, 2022MT00Yes
Jul 21, 2021WA00Yes
Apr 18, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 4, 2021PA00Yes
Oct 22, 2020WY00Yes
Jul 16, 2020IA00Yes
May 29, 2020OK00Yes
Dec 3, 2019MA00Yes