Carrier profile · USDOT 1710817 · MC-627673 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

ARKA EXPRESS INC

791 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 27 statesMARKHAM, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-627673 ACTIVE
Verified linksarkaexpress.comFMCSA SAFER

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 19.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 93 vehicle and 223 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 11.7 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

201 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 17

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 791-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
791
Inspections · 24 mo
223
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving161 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 24 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 52% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 87 total · 12 in 24 mo

87
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20257036
2024130713
2023171517
2022141614
20219019
20208117
20195035
20188148
20172002
20161011
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 20, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 15, 2026GA01Yes
Dec 19, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 28, 2025GA01No
May 3, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 21, 2025MS01Yes
Apr 8, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 24, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 14, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 2, 2024KY01Yes
Aug 10, 2024GA01Yes
Aug 5, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 22, 2024VA00Yes
May 14, 2024FL00Yes
May 6, 2024SC01Yes
May 2, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 28, 2024NC00Yes
Apr 6, 2024KY02Yes
Mar 12, 2024IL01Yes
Feb 28, 2024PA00Yes
Feb 27, 2024GA02Yes
Feb 13, 2024NY01Yes
Dec 14, 2023GA01Yes
Dec 14, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 7, 2023NC00Yes