Carrier profile · USDOT 1453177 · MC-549147 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Load Express LLC

36 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 11 statesLENEXA, KS75/100
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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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 4.9 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 36-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
53
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
6False logs
0Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 31 total · 4 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20241011
20231001
20221001
20211001
20202002
20191001
20182022
20174014
20164004
20153003
20142122
20132111
20121011
20112102
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 8, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 7, 2025MO01Yes
Jun 30, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 21, 2024TX01Yes
Jan 16, 2023OK00Yes
Feb 18, 2022MO00Yes
Apr 16, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2020KS00Yes
Mar 17, 2020TX00Yes
Jun 12, 2019NC00Yes
Dec 7, 2018IL02Yes
Nov 6, 2018MO01Yes
Dec 24, 2017GA00Yes
Jul 8, 2017OK00Yes
Mar 15, 2017MO01Yes
Feb 13, 2017FL00Yes
Oct 23, 2016FL00Yes
Aug 15, 2016MO00Yes
Apr 1, 2016FL00Yes
Mar 11, 2016MO00Yes
Jul 17, 2015MO00Yes
Jun 9, 2015KY00Yes
Feb 28, 2015KS00Yes
Dec 23, 2014KS11Yes
Nov 3, 2014IN02Yes