Carrier profile · USDOT 189247 · MC-149591 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

VALLEY EXPRESS INC

245 power unitsavg 9.4 yrNational · 42 statesMAPLETON, ND81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-149591 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksvalleyexp.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 24.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 251 vehicle and 592 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.7% · 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 11.4 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

575 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 33

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 245-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
245
Inspections · 24 mo
592
Annualized
≈296 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
99%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
71%
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 Driving234 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance100 · 18 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance94 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance75 · 52 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance44 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 17 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
16False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 209 total · 21 in 24 mo

209
Total crashes
21
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
78
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264023
2025140514
20249039
20237007
20225025
20215025
20209039
2019122212
2018131313
2017130712
20163013
201510059
20146016
20132012
20125025
20117037
20105015
20096126
20085015
20076045
20065015
20055034
20044024
20037037
20025035
20017037
20005024
19993003
19985115
19976046
19962021
19954023
19942002
19931010
19921011
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026MN00Yes
Feb 20, 2026ND01No
Feb 4, 2026ND02Yes
Jan 21, 2026SD00Yes
Nov 15, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 16, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 29, 2025IA00Yes
Jul 29, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 14, 2025ND02Yes
Jun 12, 2025MN01Yes
Jun 9, 2025MN00Yes
Apr 5, 2025AR00Yes
Feb 28, 2025ND01Yes
Feb 12, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2025MN01Yes
Jan 28, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 20, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 2, 2025IA02Yes
Oct 15, 2024ND00Yes
Oct 15, 2024WI00Yes
Sep 25, 2024TN00Yes
Jun 7, 2024AL00Yes
May 1, 2024MN00Yes
Apr 11, 2024ND01Yes
Mar 7, 2024WI00Yes