Carrier profile · USDOT 3621624 · MC-1237314 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

DK Max Trucking Inc

60 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 41 statesCINCINNATI, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1237314 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksdkmaxtrucking.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 23.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 152 vehicle and 336 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.4% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.8 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

324 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 36

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.8 / 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
60
Inspections · 24 mo
337
Annualized
≈169 / yr
Coverage
≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving186 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance65 · 58 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
11False logs
0Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 65 total · 28 in 24 mo

65
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267017
2025140214
2024181417
2023160616
20229109
20211011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 23, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 19, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 8, 2026MT00Yes
Feb 18, 2026TX02Yes
Feb 6, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 20, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2026CA00Yes
Dec 24, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 10, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2025OK00Yes
Oct 3, 2025NC01Yes
Mar 15, 2025NV00Yes
Mar 4, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 28, 2025OK00Yes
Feb 25, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 4, 2025MT00Yes
Jan 21, 2025MA00Yes
Jan 10, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 9, 2025WY00Yes
Jan 9, 2025CO01Yes
Jan 5, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 5, 2024NY00Yes
Nov 23, 2024OH21Yes
Nov 14, 2024OR00Yes
Nov 13, 2024AZ00Yes