Carrier profile · USDOT 1094779 · MC-529282 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

A & K Transportation LLC

172 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 42 statesEASTON, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-529282 ACTIVE
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 13.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 236 vehicle and 394 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

15.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

386 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 43

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 172-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
172
Inspections · 24 mo
394
Annualized
≈197 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving81 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 27 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 87% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 100 total · 12 in 24 mo

100
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20258028
20244004
20234014
20228018
20215115
20206116
2019100210
20186016
2017110011
20166126
20156036
20143013
20133003
20125015
20113013
20102002
20093023
20082002
20071010
20061001
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026FL01Yes
Feb 24, 2026MN01Yes
Sep 16, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 11, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 4, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 31, 2025MI03Yes
Jul 29, 2025IN00Yes
May 12, 2025MA00Yes
May 7, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 11, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 24, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 13, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 19, 2024NY00Yes
Jan 16, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2023WA00Yes
Jul 24, 2023CT00Yes
May 5, 2023NJ01Yes
Apr 18, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 12, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 17, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 7, 2022VA00Yes
Jun 23, 2022FL00Yes
May 10, 2022PA00Yes
May 5, 2022FL01Yes
Feb 3, 2022MD00Yes