Carrier profile · USDOT 70559 · MC-147746 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TRI-UNION EXPRESS INC

51 power unitsavg 16.9 yrRegional · 3 statesGRIFFITH, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147746 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 14.3%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 — 7 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 43.3 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 51-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
12%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.106 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 191 total · 3 in 24 mo

191
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
66
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20251001
20244014
20236025
20226046
20215015
20204014
20192002
20182002
20174014
20167227
20155025
20148108
20131011
20122002
20112002
2010100110
20093023
20082002
20077126
20065035
20058028
2004140714
20038146
20029029
20013012
20009047
19996015
1998100310
19977127
19963113
19952012
19947046
19936063
19924023
19914012
19903002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 19, 2026IN03Yes
Jan 22, 2026IN01Yes
Nov 13, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 7, 2024IN00Yes
May 9, 2024IL01Yes
May 3, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 15, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 20, 2023IN01Yes
Sep 6, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 18, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 14, 2023IN00Yes
Jun 12, 2023IN00Yes
May 22, 2023IL01No
Nov 22, 2022IN01Yes
Nov 11, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 25, 2022IN01Yes
Sep 25, 2022IN01Yes
Apr 1, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 28, 2022IL02Yes
Oct 27, 2021IN04Yes
Jul 9, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 16, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 8, 2021IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2021IN00Yes
Nov 24, 2020IN00Yes