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Western Express

Nashville, TNSAP Friendly · Driver-reported
USDOT
511412
Trucks
3,332
Drivers
3,693
Authority
Active

Company Overview

Western Express is a Nashville truckload carrier running dry van and flatbed freight nationally, with more than 3,300 power units and around 9,000 trailers by its own count and 3,693 drivers on its FMCSA filing. It has a long reputation as a carrier that takes drivers other fleets will not: new graduates, drivers with gaps, and drivers coming back from a violation. That is why it is on this list, and one driver confirmed in 2026 that the door was still open. Go in with your eyes open on the safety record, because it is the busiest on this page. Western Express has 11,857 roadside inspections in the current window, with drivers placed out of service 260 times, about 2.2 percent, and vehicles 2,871 times, about 24 percent, which is a little above the national average for equipment. There are 613 recordable crashes in two years. None of that is unusual for a fleet that hires heavily at the entry level, but it is worth knowing before you sign a lease-purchase agreement, which Western offers alongside company positions. Two questions for the recruiter: whether they hire before the return-to-duty test and order it for you, which would make them one of the few large carriers that do, and what the current minimum time since the violation is. Both answers change with the freight market, and drivers on this directory can record what they were told.

SAP Friendly — Driver-reported

Western Express is on this list because drivers have been hired here after a Clearinghouse violation. Hiring policy moves with the freight and insurance markets, so confirm with the recruiter when you call. 1 driver has confirmed this year; 1 more and it reads as confirmed.

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