Carrier profile · USDOT 1503355 · MC-564363 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J & K EXPRESS INC

25 power unitsavg 7.8 yrNational · 16 statesMISSION, TX75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-564363 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 22.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.5% · 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 22.1 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance27 · 11 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

60 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
7False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253032
20243013
20232102
20221001
20201111
20182002
20161001
20151001
20131001
20121001
20111011
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 22, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 22, 2025AR01Yes
Mar 7, 2025DE01No
Nov 5, 2024TX00Yes
May 24, 2024TX04Yes
Apr 27, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 14, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2023LA10Yes
Apr 3, 2022TN00Yes
Jul 8, 2020FL12Yes
Jun 19, 2018TX00Yes
Mar 3, 2018IL00Yes
Sep 22, 2016VA00Yes
Sep 23, 2015TX00Yes
Oct 30, 2013NY00Yes
Jul 7, 2012TX00Yes
Oct 20, 2011TX01Yes
Mar 10, 2009NJ01Yes