Carrier profile · USDOT 508696 · MC-204322 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Transport Express Inc

42 power unitsavg 9.1 yrLocal · 2 statesHAZELWOOD, MO94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-204322 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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 4.7 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 42-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther3 · 3 OOS
  • 177.834 Other violationOther2 · 2 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 2, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 35 total · 1 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243013
20221011
20204024
20181001
20171011
20161001
20142012
20112012
20104014
20072012
20063003
20053022
20032012
20022002
20011011
20001010
19991011
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 23, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 14, 2024MO00Yes
May 8, 2024MO01Yes
Feb 9, 2022MO01Yes
Dec 8, 2020MO01Yes
Oct 12, 2020MO00Yes
May 18, 2020IL02Yes
May 12, 2020IL00Yes
Sep 1, 2018IL00Yes
Dec 13, 2017MO01Yes
Oct 31, 2016MO00Yes
Nov 22, 2014IL01Yes
Mar 15, 2014IL00Yes
Nov 28, 2011IL02Yes
Jan 7, 2011IL00Yes
Dec 31, 2010IL00Yes
Mar 15, 2010MO03Yes
Feb 10, 2010IL00Yes
Feb 9, 2010IL00Yes
Apr 26, 2007MO00Yes
Feb 2, 2007IL01Yes
Sep 11, 2006MO00Yes
Jul 20, 2006IL00Yes
Feb 28, 2006MO00Yes
Dec 1, 2005IA01Yes