Carrier profile · USDOT 1128178 · MC-459522 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SWEET EXPRESS LLC

429 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 39 statesGRAND RAPIDS, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-459522 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssweet-omni.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 27.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 380 vehicle and 834 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · 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

801 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 46

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 429-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
429
Inspections · 24 mo
834
Annualized
≈417 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
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 Driving364 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance141 · 129 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance130 · 22 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance41 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 12 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance20 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

126 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

87ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
12False logs
20Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 359 total · 46 in 24 mo

359
Total crashes
46
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
111
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026100410
2025272725
20242501224
2023201819
2022271426
2021321932
2020280628
2019270826
2018201220
2017200220
201610049
2015140612
2014100510
20139028
2012130811
2011111410
2010120712
20099039
2008100110
2007121410
20066025
20051001
20044024
20032012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026KY01Yes
Apr 17, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 9, 2026TN01Yes
Feb 13, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 31, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2026MI010Yes
Jan 11, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2026FL01Yes
Jan 2, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 2, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 27, 2025WV00Yes
Dec 18, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 11, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 8, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 2, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 1, 2025NJ00Yes
Nov 21, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 10, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 11, 2025OH10Yes
Oct 11, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 7, 2025TN01No
Oct 2, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 17, 2025MI11Yes
Sep 14, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 25, 2025MI01Yes