Carrier profile · USDOT 30274 · MC-138181 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Transport Express Inc

13 power unitsavg 11 yrRegional · 4 statesCIMARRON, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-138181 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 3.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 26 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 25.1 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 6

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 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.328 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 58 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 4 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254024
20171111
20163023
20153123
20082002
20061001
20051001
20031101
19942101
19912022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 3, 2025KS00Yes
Jun 6, 2025KS00Yes
Feb 7, 2025CO01Yes
Jan 14, 2025KS01Yes
Sep 11, 2017KS11Yes
Oct 23, 2016NE04Yes
Sep 7, 2016KS01Yes
Mar 8, 2016CO00Yes
May 27, 2015KS01Yes
Mar 31, 2015TX11Yes
Jan 2, 2015KS00Yes
Jul 7, 2008OK00Yes
Jun 28, 2008KS00Yes
Jun 27, 2006NE00Yes
Oct 19, 2005NE00Yes
Jun 16, 2003KS10Yes
Dec 6, 1994KS10No
Apr 20, 1994WI00Yes
Oct 11, 1991CA02Yes
Oct 8, 1991KS01Yes