Carrier profile · USDOT 648882 · MC-306127 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Climate Express Inc

204 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 29 statesUNION, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-306127 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksclimateexpress.comFMCSA 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 17.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 168 vehicle and 376 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 3.6 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

375 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 23

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 204-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
204
Inspections · 24 mo
381
Annualized
≈191 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
59%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
48%
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 Driving135 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 37 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

60 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

47ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 223 total · 17 in 24 mo

223
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
89
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265045
20258028
20249029
20236126
20228048
20219039
2020110310
2019140714
2018141514
2017121811
20169039
20159049
2014130512
2013111311
20123013
20117016
20107127
2009100310
20086026
20076016
20064013
20055015
20047227
20038168
20026046
20015035
20003023
19994014
19981011
19972022
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 6, 2026AR00Yes
Jul 16, 2026OK01Yes
May 28, 2026MO02Yes
Apr 1, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 2, 2026OH01Yes
Nov 19, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 8, 2025IL01Yes
May 20, 2025MO00Yes
May 19, 2025SC01Yes
Apr 18, 2025MO00Yes
Mar 4, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 3, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 14, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 31, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 19, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 3, 2024GA03Yes
Nov 22, 2024MO00Yes
Jul 23, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 18, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 6, 2024GA00Yes
May 24, 2024MO03Yes
Jan 14, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 27, 2023OK00Yes
Dec 12, 2023MO01Yes
Nov 25, 2023MO01Yes