Carrier profile · USDOT 1328852 · MC-524456 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

DMK EXPRESS INC

DBA DMK EXPRESS

97 power unitsavg 9.4 yrMulti-region · 9 statesBEDFORD PARK, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-524456 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdmkexpress.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 28.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 70 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 47.0 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

69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 97-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
70
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
37%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 64 total · 5 in 24 mo

64
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254014
20242002
20233003
20227037
20216036
20205005
20195015
20186016
20173003
20162012
20155035
20144024
20135035
20124114
20102002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2026KY00Yes
Sep 21, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 30, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 26, 2025IL01Yes
Jan 11, 2025MI00Yes
May 17, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 24, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 16, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 13, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 6, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 1, 2022IN00Yes
May 31, 2022IL01Yes
May 3, 2022IN00Yes
Apr 10, 2022IN01Yes
Apr 6, 2022IA00Yes
Feb 16, 2022IN01Yes
Feb 9, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 18, 2021IL01Yes
Jul 22, 2021IL04Yes
May 3, 2021WI00Yes
Apr 2, 2021IL01Yes
Feb 8, 2021IN00Yes
Jan 22, 2021IL00Yes
Oct 30, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 13, 2020IL00Yes