Carrier profile · USDOT 2008296 · MC-708213 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TRIBE EXPRESS INC

237 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 44 statesGAINESVILLE, GA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-708213 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstribetrans.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 22.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 445 vehicle and 738 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.4% · 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 8.3 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

699 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 44

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 237-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
237
Inspections · 24 mo
738
Annualized
≈369 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving228 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance90 · 73 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance68 · 19 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance62 · 24 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance62 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance60 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance48 · 29 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

155 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

120ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
13False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 161 total · 29 in 24 mo

161
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
51
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268137
2025110211
2024181716
2023140513
20229029
2021130413
2020190519
2019180618
2018120312
2017111511
20169049
2015123312
20143003
20132022
20121001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 18, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 13, 2026GA00Yes
May 23, 2026PA03Yes
May 22, 2026FL13Yes
Apr 21, 2026SC00Yes
Mar 13, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 12, 2026NJ00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IL01No
Dec 31, 2025GA04Yes
Oct 24, 2025TN01Yes
Sep 13, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 10, 2025VT00Yes
Jul 11, 2025NE00Yes
Jul 8, 2025GA00Yes
May 29, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 8, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 29, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 11, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 21, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 25, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 14, 2024IA00Yes
Nov 27, 2024NJ01Yes
Nov 12, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 28, 2024MS01Yes
Oct 15, 2024GA00Yes