Carrier profile · USDOT 1649745 · MC-607280 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

VS EXPRESS INC

110 power unitsavg 2.7 yrNational · 42 statesGRAND RAPIDS, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-607280 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksvsexpress.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 33.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 235 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.0% · 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 1.9 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

226 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 110-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
235
Annualized
≈118 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 36 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 12 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20258047
20243023
20212002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 25, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 30, 2026SC01Yes
Apr 29, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 20, 2026GA00Yes
Sep 17, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 9, 2025WV01Yes
May 8, 2025FL00Yes
May 3, 2025NC01No
Apr 18, 2025IA01Yes
Feb 21, 2025SC00Yes
Feb 1, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 17, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 17, 2024OH01Yes
Apr 23, 2024NC00Yes
Feb 14, 2024TN01Yes
Jul 5, 2021WI00Yes
Apr 29, 2021NJ00Yes