Carrier profile · USDOT 1625877 · MC-600068 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

TOP-TEN EXPRESS CORP

DBA TOP-TEN EXPRESS

98 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 20 statesGURNEE, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-600068 ACTIVE
Verified linkstoptenexpress.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 17.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 110 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 18.3 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

105 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 11

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 98-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
110
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 12 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20259128
20246026
20235035
20223013
20213013
20207037
20195124
20183003
20171011
20161011
20141001
20131001
20121011
20111001
20101010
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 8, 2025WI02Yes
Nov 14, 2025NJ00Yes
Sep 23, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 23, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 18, 2025PA01No
Jul 29, 2025IL10Yes
Mar 27, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 14, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 2, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 19, 2024WI03Yes
Dec 19, 2024WI03Yes
Oct 18, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 18, 2024CT00Yes
Feb 21, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 14, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 31, 2023WI00Yes
Oct 24, 2023WI01Yes
Aug 17, 2023IL01Yes
Jul 9, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 28, 2023WI01Yes
Dec 23, 2022IN00Yes
Jun 27, 2022WI00Yes
May 30, 2022GA01Yes
Oct 12, 2021TN00Yes
May 23, 2021PA01Yes