Carrier profile · USDOT 1761809 · MC-729632 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Northern Express LLC

40 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 16 statesALVATON, KY94/100
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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 13.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 58 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 7.6 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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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 40-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20241011
20232002
20221001
20211011
20202002
20192002
20181001
20172012
20161011
20152012
20141001
20121011
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 29, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 6, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 17, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2024KY01Yes
Sep 10, 2023OH00Yes
May 11, 2023KY00Yes
Oct 4, 2022MS00Yes
Jun 10, 2021MO01Yes
Dec 21, 2020KY00Yes
Jan 2, 2020KY00Yes
Nov 15, 2019OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2019NY00Yes
Feb 6, 2018NY00Yes
Apr 12, 2017KY02Yes
Mar 21, 2017AR00Yes
May 6, 2016NY01Yes
Oct 1, 2015NJ01Yes
Feb 15, 2015OH00Yes
Jan 9, 2014TX00Yes
Jun 4, 2012MA02Yes
Dec 26, 2011NY00Yes