Carrier profile · USDOT 928155 · MC-399796 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Summit Express Inc

17 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 19 statesFORT WAYNE, IN100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-399796 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssummitlogexp.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 7.1%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 — 14 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 11.0 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

29 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 4, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 76 total · 0 in 24 mo

76
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232022
20224004
20214013
20206035
2019140514
20185025
20176016
20167027
20153003
20143023
20132012
20123013
20104034
20091011
20083003
20064013
20051011
20044033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 4, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 12, 2023GA02Yes
Dec 13, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 8, 2022NJ00Yes
Jun 30, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 22, 2022OK00Yes
Jul 14, 2021KY00Yes
May 11, 2021IN00Yes
Mar 25, 2021TX01No
Mar 23, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 3, 2020IN00Yes
Oct 11, 2020VA00Yes
Mar 14, 2020IN01Yes
Feb 12, 2020KS00Yes
Jan 18, 2020LA02No
Jan 17, 2020TX01Yes
Nov 7, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 1, 2019AZ01Yes
Oct 29, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 5, 2019MI00Yes
Jun 13, 2019PA00Yes
May 19, 2019IA02Yes
Apr 15, 2019TN00Yes
Apr 14, 2019IN00Yes
Apr 1, 2019AR01Yes