ACCURATE COURIER EXPRESS INC
DBA ACCURATE COURIER EXPRESS
USDOT 905947MC-Docket MC393535N CHESTERFIELD, VA
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized35 power units
ACCURATE COURIER EXPRESS INC (USDOT 905947) in N CHESTERFIELD, VA — 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.
- 1 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 3 times, most recent 2022-11-04 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2010-05-05 (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. 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
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.09
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.4
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 1.96
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
2
Injuries
1
Crashes
50
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
4
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 35
- Total drivers
- 30
- Years in business
- 26
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 15.4%
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
- 3 times last 2022-11-04
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2024-09-19
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2010-05-05 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
65
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
37
Violations
6
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-26 → 2026-05-14.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-08-26
VA
2 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Unsafe driving 392
|
12 | 0 | 2026-03-30 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
9 | 5 | 2026-05-04 |
Hours of service 395
|
7 | 0 | 2026-03-04 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 107
|
1 | 0 | 2025-08-26 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2026-03-04 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2024-05-22 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
1 | 0 | 2026-01-05 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Manner) - Driver failed to provide supporting documents to an authorized Federal State or local official | — |
| 2026-01-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-01-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-12-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-11-24 | 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 | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-06-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-05-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake tubing and hose adequacy | — |
| 2025-02-26 | Unsafe Driving | Using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-02-26 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2024-12-20 | 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 | — |
| 2024-12-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-09-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-07-02 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2024-05-22 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2024-05-22 | Driver Fitness | Expired medical examiner's certificate | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) Driver failing to have instruction sheet describing the data transfer mechanisms supported by the ELD and step | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 21 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2026-03-30 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2026-03-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-03-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TE-LCMVINFO | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 11G-HOSDFPSD | — | — |
2026-01-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-01-05 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-12-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLML | — | — |
2025-12-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
2025-11-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
2025-10-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEQP | — | — |
2025-09-29 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSIV | — | — |
2025-08-26 4 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 107 | 620B-HMAMC | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
2025-07-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2025-06-09 1 viol· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
2025-05-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | — | — |
2025-02-26 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82A1 | — | — |
2024-12-20 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2024-09-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2024-07-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16(a) | — | — |
2024-05-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16(a) | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 45(b) | — | — |
2024-05-17 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(2) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
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