Carrier profile · USDOT 192068 · MC-151894 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

VENTURE EXPRESS INC

694 power unitsavg 8.8 yrNational · 17 statesMURFREESBORO, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-151894 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksventureexpress.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 26.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 615 vehicle and 1,217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.7% · 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 6.2 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

1,176 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 76

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 694-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
694
Inspections · 24 mo
1,217
Annualized
≈609 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving218 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance203 · 169 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance141 · 35 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance73 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance57 · 33 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance57 · 14 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

65 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
1False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 787 total · 67 in 24 mo

787
Total crashes
67
In last 24 mo
21
Fatal
305
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262111021
2025261925
20243611534
20233211231
2022321632
20212611025
20203011229
20195412152
20185521554
20174711647
20163701436
20154111336
20143411234
20134511445
2012300930
20112601425
2010130513
2009181917
2008190618
2007210520
20062831425
20052201222
2004170717
20031601015
200210158
20019267
200010059
19995023
19982022
19974034
19965045
19957045
19943013
19931011
19921001
19912010
19902012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 1, 2026AL01Yes
May 22, 2026AL00Yes
May 20, 2026MS00Yes
May 20, 2026AL01Yes
May 7, 2026AL01Yes
Apr 29, 2026MS01Yes
Apr 8, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 2, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 30, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 19, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 18, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 16, 2026TN01Yes
Feb 16, 2026TN01Yes
Feb 7, 2026MS00Yes
Feb 4, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 4, 2026SC01Yes
Jan 30, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 27, 2026MS00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IN21Yes
Jan 26, 2026OH01Yes
Dec 15, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 13, 2025TN01Yes
Nov 10, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 6, 2025AL00Yes