Carrier profile · USDOT 2407477 · MC-828357 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

MS Express LLC

78 power unitsavg 7.2 yrMulti-region · 9 statesSUWANEE, GA82/100
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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 19.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 106 vehicle and 174 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.5% · 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 14.9 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

173 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 14

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 78-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
78
Inspections · 24 mo
174
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
92%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
79%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
82%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 14 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving46 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness16 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
13No log / no ELD
8False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 3 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20244023
20236016
20226136
20213013
20202012
20195024
20184014
20171001
20161001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2026MS01Yes
Dec 14, 2024TX01No
Sep 10, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 2, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 1, 2024AL04Yes
Oct 20, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 21, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 5, 2023LA00Yes
Jul 24, 2023AL00Yes
Apr 3, 2023AL02Yes
Apr 1, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 20, 2022AL02Yes
Sep 18, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 18, 2022TX12Yes
Apr 21, 2022AL00Yes
Jan 31, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2022AL01Yes
May 13, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 9, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 4, 2021TX01Yes
Feb 25, 2020TX01Yes
Jan 14, 2020AL00Yes
Jun 26, 2019AL01No
Jun 4, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 4, 2019TX00Yes