Carrier profile · USDOT 2427589 · MC-836574 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Avala Express LLC

248 power unitsavg 3 yrNational · 42 statesFRANKSVILLE, WI69/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-836574 NO AUTHORITY

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 31.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 237 vehicle and 536 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.7% · 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 13.1 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

530 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 43

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 248-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
248
Inspections · 24 mo
536
Annualized
268 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving258 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance67 · 53 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
12False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 52 total · 27 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269019
2025160616
20248028
20234004
20225014
20218028
20201011
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 7, 2026WI00Yes
Jul 14, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 28, 2026MT00Yes
Jun 16, 2026IN00Yes
May 29, 2026MS00Yes
Feb 21, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 27, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 24, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 8, 2026AR01Yes
Dec 16, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 12, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 12, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 10, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 2, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 15, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 14, 2025VA01Yes
Oct 20, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 19, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 18, 2025AZ01Yes
Jul 31, 2025WI00Yes
May 28, 2025PA01Yes
May 24, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 2, 2025ND00Yes
Mar 15, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2025IN01Yes