CLIMATE EXPRESS INC
USDOT 648882MC-Docket MC306127UNION, MO
Review before tendering204 power units
CLIMATE EXPRESS INC (USDOT 648882) in UNION, MO — 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: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 14 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 6 times, most recent 2013-11-05 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2011-07-14 (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
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.42
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.21
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.06
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0.06
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.76
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
6
Injuries
15
Crashes
362
Inspections
35
OOS inspections
37
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- Yes
Fleet
- Power units
- 204
- Total drivers
- 198
- Years in business
- 30
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 14 of 15 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.1%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 20.1%
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
- 6 times last 2013-11-05
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-08
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2011-07-14 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
566
Inspections
54
OOS inspections
358
Violations
58
OOS violations
10
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-30 → 2026-05-20.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-02-02
OH
1 injuredTow-away
2025-11-19
OH
Tow-away
2025-06-08
IL
1 injuredTow-away
2025-05-20
MO
Tow-away
2025-05-19
SC
1 injuredTow-away
2025-04-18
MO
Tow-away
2025-03-04
IL
Tow-away
2025-02-03
TX
Tow-away
2025-01-14
TN
Tow-away
2024-12-31
MO
Tow-away
2024-12-19
PA
Tow-away
2024-12-03
GA
3 injuredTow-away
2024-11-22
MO
Tow-away
2024-07-23
SC
Tow-away
2024-07-18
NC
Tow-away
2024-06-06
GA
Tow-away
2024-05-24
MO
3 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Unsafe driving 392
|
129 | 1 | 2026-05-06 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
116 | 42 | 2026-04-27 |
Hours of service 395
|
45 | 0 | 2026-04-28 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
10 | 5 | 2025-09-01 |
CDL standards 383
|
3 | 3 | 2025-10-01 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2025-09-29 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-04-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-04-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper lane change | — |
| 2026-04-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2026-04-01 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Unlawfully parking /leaving vehicle on roadway | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-03-12 | Unsafe Driving | Improper lane change | — |
| 2026-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-03-01 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-03-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2026-03-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2026-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2026-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-02-22 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper turns | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2026-02-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-02-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake connections with leaks or constrictions | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add the trailer number | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2026-01-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-01-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any missing | — |
| 2025-12-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - Not OOS | — |
| 2025-12-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-12-16 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers | — |
| 2025-12-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2025-11-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-11-19 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper lane change | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others has more than one ply exposed in the tread area exceeding 2 square inches. | OOS |
| 2025-11-11 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-11-07 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-11-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-11-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-11-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2025-11-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-11-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-11-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-11-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2025-11-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period. (Property carrying vehicle) - Nominal Violation | — |
| 2025-10-22 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2026-04-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSWZ | — | — |
2026-04-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-04-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSWZ | — | — |
2026-04-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2026-04-27 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2026-04-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2026-04-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2026-04-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLILC | — | — |
2026-04-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
2026-04-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-04-01 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22A-D | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22B-DFPWD | — | — |
2026-03-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUP | — | — |
2026-03-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2026-03-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2LC | — | — |
2026-03-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2026-03-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2026-03-01 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2026-02-25 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
2026-02-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2026-02-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2026-02-20 1 violPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIT | — | — |
2026-02-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
2026-02-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2026-02-09 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
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