Carrier profile · USDOT 3577166 · MC-1207005 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ZIP EXPRESS US LTD

208 power unitsavg 3 yrNational · 18 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1207005 ACTIVE

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 6.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 325 vehicle and 427 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

414 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Apr '26 · 29

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 208-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 208
Inspections · 24 mo: 428
Annualized: ≈214 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

26%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

20%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

64%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

31%

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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance45 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving39 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 9 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 6 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness12 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

7False logs

1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 4 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024		2	0	1	2
2022		2	0	0	2

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 4, 2024	MI	0	Yes
Feb 26, 2024	MI	1	Yes
Jun 6, 2022	MI	0	Yes
May 27, 2022	MI	0	Yes