Carrier profile · USDOT 56402 · MC-142935 · Updated Aug 23, 2026

Plastic Express

281 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 29 statesPASADENA, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142935 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksplasticexpress.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 4.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 182 vehicle and 244 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

234 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 24

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 281-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
281
Inspections · 24 mo
244
Annualized
≈122 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving57 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 15, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 77 total · 12 in 24 mo

77
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2025110410
20244023
2023110310
202210049
20217027
20207007
20194013
20185025
20174004
20162002
20141001
20112022
20091001
20082112
20071001
20051011
20041001
20001011
19962022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 21, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 14, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 19, 2025UT01No
Jul 16, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 10, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 8, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 12, 2025GA00Yes
May 6, 2025AZ00Yes
Apr 30, 2025AZ03Yes
Mar 17, 2025NJ01Yes
Mar 13, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 9, 2024NY01No
May 29, 2024UT00Yes
Mar 8, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 24, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 5, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 13, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 17, 2023CA01Yes
Sep 16, 2023NC00Yes
Aug 24, 2023NJ00Yes
Jul 26, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2023TX00Yes
May 10, 2023TX01No
Mar 24, 2023AZ00Yes
Mar 18, 2023TX01Yes