LION KING EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 2980750MC-Docket MC014095MEDINA, OH
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LION KING EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2980750) in MEDINA, OH — 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.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 8 times, most recent 2026-05-08 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
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
Hours of service
No alert
measure 4.25
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 1.87
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 6.69
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
3
Injuries
3
Crashes
24
Inspections
8
OOS inspections
13
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 3
- Total drivers
- 4
- Years in business
- 9
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 25%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 17.6%
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
- 8 times last 2026-05-08
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-23
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
28
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
116
Violations
15
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2024-09-30 → 2026-05-09.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-12-22
MD
Tow-away
2024-10-30
GA
2 injuredTow-away
2024-10-25
MO
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Hours of service 395
|
43 | 7 | 2026-04-14 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
33 | 3 | 2026-05-02 |
General safety regulations 390
|
16 | 0 | 2026-04-02 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
15 | 1 | 2026-04-20 |
CDL standards 383
|
3 | 3 | 2026-04-02 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 2 | 2026-04-02 |
Financial responsibility (insurance) 387
|
1 | 0 | 2025-07-30 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Damaged securement devices/tiedowns | — |
| 2026-04-02 | Driver Fitness | Learner's Permit (CLP) - Operate a CMV without a valid state driver's license | OOS |
| 2026-04-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Motor carrier coerced a driver to make a false certification of the driver's data entries or record of duty | — |
| 2026-04-02 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2026-03-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | — |
| 2026-03-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2026-03-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit. (Property Carrying Vehicle) | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Side retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflector requirements for vehicles manufactured after December 1993 | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to make annotations when applicable | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-09-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Manner) - Driver obscured defaced destroyed mutilated or altered existing information contained in a supporting doc | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-07-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-07-30 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2025-06-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2025-06-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2025-06-15 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot read or speak the English language sufficiently to respond to official inquiries | OOS |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - Axle positioning part cracked/broken/loose/missing. | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame - Cracked/loose/broken frame member affecting support of functional components | OOS |
| 2025-04-15 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving after being on duty more than 70 hours in the previous 8 consecutive days at the time of inspec | OOS |
| 2025-03-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Passenger) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
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.
2026-05-02 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
2026-04-25 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-04-20 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-04-14 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
2026-04-02 14 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDELDT | OOS | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30E-ELDMCCD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 25A2 | OOS | — |
2026-03-23 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2 | — | — |
2026-03-06 21 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-PROP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3-PROP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C1I | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11S | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB | — | — |
2025-09-29 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43DBMA | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
2025-08-27 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 11F-HOSDODDMA | — | — |
2025-08-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-07-30 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WRAWFLMIB | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WRAWFLMIB | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
| Financial responsibility (insurance) 387 | 301A | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
2025-06-21 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-06-15 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2 | OOS | — |
2025-05-20 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201A-FRMC | OOS | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-SAPPCBLM | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUCR | — | — |
2025-05-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
2025-04-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
2025-04-15 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
2025-03-10 22 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1-HOSPVID | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1-HOSPVID | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1-HOSPVID | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1-HOSPVID | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3B2-HOSPDIT | OOS | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHWS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1-HOSPVID | — | — |
2024-11-05 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 403A | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
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