Carrier profile · USDOT 1197480 · MC-414149 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

VIP COURIER EXPRESS LLC

77 power unitsavg 8.9 yrRegional · 4 statesCHARLOTTE, NC81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-414149 ACTIVE
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 22.5 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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 10

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 77-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
77
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 44 total · 2 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242002
20227007
20218028
20207137
20197037
20184014
20174004
20161001
20151011
20111001
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 26, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 9, 2024SC00Yes
Dec 16, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 5, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 5, 2022NC00Yes
Jul 29, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 14, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 14, 2022NC00Yes
Jan 3, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 30, 2021NC02Yes
Sep 1, 2021NC00Yes
Jul 14, 2021NC00Yes
May 29, 2021MD00Yes
May 20, 2021NC00Yes
Apr 19, 2021NC00Yes
Mar 28, 2021NC00Yes
Jan 27, 2021NC02Yes
Nov 9, 2020NC00Yes
Oct 24, 2020NC03Yes
Oct 13, 2020NC11Yes
Aug 3, 2020NC00Yes
Jul 10, 2020NC00Yes
May 25, 2020NC01Yes
Apr 13, 2020NC00Yes