Carrier profile · USDOT 4003725 · MC-1505517 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

IDK EXPRESS LLC

18 power unitsavg 5 yrRegional · 4 statesLAS VEGAS, NV94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1505517 ACTIVE
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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 11.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 132 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.5% · 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 1.5 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

129 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 11

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
≈3.7 / 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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
132
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈3.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 6 total · 5 in 24 mo

6
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20243013
20231011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 26, 2026CA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025CA02Yes
Dec 4, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 21, 2024NV01Yes
Oct 19, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 18, 2023CA01Yes