Carrier profile · USDOT 970673 · MC-412559 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Reliable Express LLC

3 power unitsavg 9.8 yrRegional · 4 statesEDGEWOOD, WA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-412559 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.8Avg age (yr)

2010–2021 · vPIC

Call dispatch(253) 863-0637 Email dispatchlkarcha1@msn.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average10.0% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes5 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.8 yr

Model years 2010–2021 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

10 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 16.7 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 3

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 10 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Great West’03–’06

Sentry Select’06–’09

Sentry Select’22–’25

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 17 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 17 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2022 → Mar 2025	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2021 → Mar 2022	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Mar 2021	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2019 → Dec 2020	$750K	1
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2017 → Dec 2018	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2016 → Dec 2017	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2014 → Dec 2016	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2011 → Dec 2011	$750K	3
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Dec 2010 → Dec 2011	$750K	1
STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2009 → Dec 2010	$750K	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2006 → Dec 2009	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2003 → Dec 2006	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2002 → Feb 2003	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2002 → Oct 2002	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2001 → Sep 2002	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 3

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.8 yr

Average age

2021

Newest model yr

2010

Oldest model yr

66.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

EDGEWOOD, WA

12301 2 ST E

Top corridor

CA ⇄ WA

CA 5 · OR 2 · WA 2

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2375368

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 12301 2 ST E, EDGEWOOD, WA, 98372
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (253) 863-0637
Fax: (253) 863-0294
Email: lkarcha1@msn.com

Registration

Officers: Luba Karcha · Luba Karcha
USDOT / docket: 970673 · MC-412559
First registered: Aug 1, 2001
Last MCS-150: Dec 17, 2025 · 452,003 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 11, 2010
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

452,003

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC.

RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 970673) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY effective Mar 19, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 10 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 10 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 3 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 17, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 11, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 970673, and its motor carrier number is MC-412559.

Is RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC has a 16.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 18 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC operates 3 power units and 3 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC based?

RELIABLE EXPRESS LLC is based in EDGEWOOD, WA, with roadside inspections recorded across 4 states.

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