DEDK EXPRESS CARGO INC 100

DK EXPRESS CARGO INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 18.3% (24-mo)71 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.0% (24-mo)124 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%

030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

3.3% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 2.3 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 33
Inspections · 24 mo: 124
Annualized: ≈62 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

59%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

86%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

48%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

34%

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 Driving41 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 04/08/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues

7No log / no ELD

12False logs

3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	2	1	1	2
2022	4	0	3	3
2019	2	0	1	2
2017	2	0	0	2
2016	2	0	0	2
2015	2	0	0	2
2014	2	1	1	2
2007	1	0	1	1
2002	1	1	0	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
12/19/2023	CA	1	2	Yes
04/09/2023	CA	0	0	Yes
11/15/2022	AZ	0	1	Yes
10/12/2022	CA	0	0	Yes
05/19/2022	TX	0	1	No
02/24/2022	CA	0	1	Yes
06/25/2019	AZ	0	1	Yes
06/14/2019	AZ	0	0	Yes
12/03/2017	NV	0	0	Yes
01/06/2017	CA	0	0	Yes
05/21/2016	AZ	0	0	Yes
04/03/2016	TX	0	0	Yes
12/30/2015	TX	0	0	Yes
03/02/2015	AZ	0	0	Yes
11/10/2014	WY	0	0	Yes
09/27/2014	CA	1	1	Yes
10/16/2007	CA	0	1	Yes
03/28/2002	CA	1	0	No