V & Y Express Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 35
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 83
- Annualized
- ≈42 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 3 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
68 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
11 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 23 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2026 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2025 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2025 | IL | 1 | 0 | No |
| Mar 30, 2024 | NE | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2023 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 4, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2020 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2020 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2020 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2019 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2016 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2014 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2011 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2010 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2006 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2003 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |