Carrier profile · USDOT 2571663 · MC-950761 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Delta Express Corp

45 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 25 statesBLOOMINGTON, MN86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-950761 ACTIVE
Verified linksdeltaexpresscorp.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 37.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 99 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 12

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 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
100
Annualized
≈50 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
12False 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· 18 total · 9 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20257007
20242002
20223003
20214024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 19, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 26, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 11, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 26, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 18, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 5, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 7, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 17, 2024MN00Yes
Feb 2, 2024NJ00Yes
Dec 17, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 16, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 8, 2022MO00Yes
Dec 22, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 3, 2021MO00Yes
Oct 22, 2021LA03Yes
Aug 13, 2021MO01Yes