Carrier profile · USDOT 2412352 · MC-830274 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Viva Express Inc

39 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 41 statesSUMMIT, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-830274 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksvivaexpress.usFMCSA 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 22.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 185 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.8% · 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 14.2 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

179 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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
≈2.4 / 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
39
Inspections · 24 mo
186
Annualized
≈93 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving73 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 17 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

43 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
8False logs
1Drove over hours

9 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20244004
20232012
20221001
20217036
20204124
20193013
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 13, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 30, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 2, 2025WI01Yes
Dec 26, 2024ID00Yes
Jul 17, 2024AR00Yes
Jun 6, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 2, 2024ND00Yes
Oct 11, 2023PA01Yes
Jun 4, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 19, 2022OH00Yes
Nov 10, 2021TN01Yes
Oct 27, 2021IL01Yes
Oct 10, 2021FL01No
Sep 30, 2021PA00Yes
Aug 18, 2021NY00Yes
Jul 12, 2021PA00Yes
Apr 18, 2021MO00Yes
Dec 16, 2020PA05Yes
Jun 26, 2020CA11Yes
May 19, 2020FL00Yes
Mar 10, 2020AL00Yes
Jun 16, 2019MO00Yes
May 1, 2019SC00Yes
Apr 30, 2019NC01Yes
Jun 17, 2015TX00Yes