Carrier profile · USDOT 294875 · MC-482877 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Aka Trucking Co Inc

10 power unitsavg 13.6 yrRegional · 4 statesCENTER LINE, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-482877 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 47.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 15.9 pts 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 4

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
24
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 36 total · 2 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20232022
20222002
20211001
20204014
20193003
20183013
20173013
20164024
20151010
20143003
20132022
20121011
20091001
20081011
20071001
20042002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 2, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 16, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 30, 2023MI01Yes
Aug 28, 2023MI02Yes
Jul 20, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 24, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 15, 2021MI00Yes
Nov 12, 2020OH01Yes
Aug 24, 2020MI00Yes
Feb 19, 2020MI00Yes
Feb 14, 2020MI00Yes
Nov 27, 2019MI00Yes
May 15, 2019IL00Yes
Mar 21, 2019IN00Yes
Nov 10, 2018MI01Yes
Sep 24, 2018OH00Yes
Apr 24, 2018MI00Yes
May 1, 2017MI01Yes
Apr 17, 2017MI00Yes
Mar 30, 2017IL00Yes
Aug 23, 2016MI01Yes
Feb 24, 2016IL00Yes
Feb 23, 2016OH01Yes
Feb 10, 2016MI00Yes
Oct 23, 2015MI01No