Carrier profile · USDOT 1189943 · MC-475067 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

USA Express Inc

49 power unitsavg 9.6 yrNational · 24 statesMERIDIAN, ID88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-475067 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 17.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 102 vehicle and 165 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 9.0 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

161 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 16

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
≈1.7 / 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
49
Inspections · 24 mo
165
Annualized
≈83 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving45 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
6False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 3 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20232012
20222012
20213013
20202102
20191001
20171001
20082002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 1, 2026OR00Yes
Nov 13, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 2, 2025CA03Yes
May 6, 2023OK00Yes
Mar 19, 2023WY01Yes
Dec 23, 2022WA00Yes
Feb 12, 2022TX03Yes
Oct 27, 2021IN00Yes
Aug 4, 2021UT00Yes
Apr 7, 2021MO01Yes
Sep 9, 2020OR20Yes
Apr 22, 2020NY00Yes
Nov 5, 2019OH00Yes
Apr 9, 2017IA00Yes
Apr 1, 2008WA00Yes
Jan 19, 2008WY00Yes