Carrier profile · USDOT 3487141 · MC-1146456 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tutash Express Inc

156 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 46 statesSOUTH HOLLAND, IL0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1146456 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDERHAZMAT
Verified linkstutashexpress.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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Feb 13, 2026

Imminent Hazard · ordered Apr 10, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 20.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 782 vehicle and 1,461 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.7% · 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 4.8 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

1,377 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 124

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈4.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
156
Inspections · 24 mo
1,461
Annualized
≈731 / yr
Coverage
≈4.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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 Driving643 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance145 · 41 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance124 · 36 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance123 · 25 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance116 · 98 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance88 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance77 · 34 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance59 · 6 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

284 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

131ELD device issues
30No log / no ELD
86False logs
18Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 62 total · 35 in 24 mo

62
Total crashes
35
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
2025271427
2024251324
20239029
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 2, 2026CT01Yes
Dec 28, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 2, 2025IL10Yes
Aug 19, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 14, 2025AZ00Yes
Aug 8, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 5, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 30, 2025NM00Yes
Jul 26, 2025AZ00Yes
Jul 18, 2025NE00Yes
Jun 8, 2025NV00Yes
Jun 3, 2025NM00Yes
May 22, 2025WY00Yes
Apr 17, 2025IA00Yes
Mar 24, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2025OR01Yes
Mar 14, 2025KS00Yes
Mar 14, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 14, 2025KS02Yes
Mar 14, 2025KS00Yes
Mar 5, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 18, 2025KS00Yes
Jan 26, 2025AZ03Yes
Jan 11, 2025WY00Yes
Jan 7, 2025CA00Yes