Carrier profile · USDOT 2865311 · MC-960286 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

DKY EXPRESS LLC

7 power unitsavg 11.2 yrMulti-region · 9 statesHIALEAH, FL81/100

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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 32.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 15.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 19.8 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.9 / 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: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 40
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

78%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

82%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

87%

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 6 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness5 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

4False logs

4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 4 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	1
2023	1	1	0
2022	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 16, 2024	CA	0	Yes
Jul 29, 2023	TX	1	No
Apr 13, 2022	FL	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2019	TX	0	Yes