AMC EXPRESS INC
USDOT 2313051MC-Docket MC789656TAYLOR, MI
Review before tendering29 power units
AMC EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2313051) in TAYLOR, MI — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-01-21) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.76.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 14 times, most recent 2026-01-21 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2018-10-19 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.41
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.21
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 5.3
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
4
Injuries
3
Crashes
40
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
8
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 29
- Total drivers
- 21
- Years in business
- 14
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0.76
- Driver OOS rate
- 2.3%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 23.1%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 14 times last 2026-01-21
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-03-10
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2018-10-19 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
59
Inspections
8
OOS inspections
49
Violations
12
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-24 → 2026-05-15.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-10-30
KY
Tow-away
2025-09-22
KY
3 injuredTow-away
2024-11-08
MI
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
24 | 7 | 2026-03-20 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
8 | 0 | 2026-04-14 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
1 | 1 | 2026-03-09 |
Hours of service 395
|
1 | 0 | 2026-05-07 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV. | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps (other than headlamps) not securely mounted | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-09-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-08-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Any of the slider-guide/hold-down brackets are missing or disengaged. | — |
| 2024-11-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status that concealed an HOS limitation violation after the last rest period. Driver imprope | OOS |
| 2024-11-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2024-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2024-11-13 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2024-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2024-08-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-06-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-06-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | — |
| 2024-06-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-05-14 | Unsafe Driving | Following too close | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 19 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
2026-04-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2026-03-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16AD | — | — |
2026-03-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 25A-L | — | — |
2026-03-09 8 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
2026-01-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-09-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
2025-08-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
2025-06-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2AU | — | — |
2025-03-04 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2024-12-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60E | — | — |
2024-10-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-10-01 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(d)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(c)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
2024-06-21 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(1) | — | — |
2024-06-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-05-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-03-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-02-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-11-07 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(f) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(c) | — | — |
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