Carrier profile · USDOT 303024 · MC-188121 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

US XPRESS INC

DBA US XPRESS

4,953 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 48 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-188121 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksusxpress.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 18.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5,861 vehicle and 9,776 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.8% · 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 4.4 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

9,322 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 536

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 4,953-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
4,953
Inspections · 24 mo
9,779
Annualized
≈4,890 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving3,732 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1,439 · 1,227 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance857 · 347 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance436 · 134 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance304 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance294 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving227 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance209 · 112 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance201 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance159 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

922 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

446ELD device issues
27No log / no ELD
102False logs
294Drove over hours

Trending worse — 52% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9,231 total · 376 in 24 mo

9,231
Total crashes
376
In last 24 mo
264
Fatal
3,292
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267713473
2025210465207
2024245877236
2023296794287
20223249108310
20213111295296
20203489101339
20194046128394
201838413109375
201741615142401
201640510141385
201540311124388
20144126139393
20133499116335
201228912105272
2011296996281
20103095101286
2009263583251
20083557100336
200730010113275
200634110129312
20052818102262
200430814133280
200336711164317
200229711120271
20012305103212
200027012121247
19992609111234
1998141572130
199710005092
19969054085
19954932843
19944022236
19933001021
19922011016
19917055
19904012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 5, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 29, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 4, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 3, 2026KY00Yes
May 29, 2026VA01Yes
May 23, 2026NC01No
May 22, 2026OH01Yes
May 20, 2026NH01Yes
May 17, 2026AR01Yes
May 14, 2026GA00Yes
May 13, 2026VA01Yes
May 11, 2026OK00Yes
May 7, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 19, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 19, 2026NC01Yes
Apr 17, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 12, 2026NC02Yes
Apr 11, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 7, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 1, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 31, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 29, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 26, 2026WV01Yes
Mar 24, 2026IN01Yes
Mar 23, 2026GA00Yes