Carrier profile · USDOT 284600 · MC-194782 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

JKC Trucking Inc

180 power unitsavg 9.1 yrNational · 34 statesSUMMIT, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-194782 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjkctrucking.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 32.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 219 vehicle and 486 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.7% · 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 5.6 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

473 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 30

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 180-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
180
Inspections · 24 mo
489
Annualized
≈245 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving176 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance137 · 27 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance81 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance67 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance58 · 56 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance42 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

316 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.

139ELD device issues
35No log / no ELD
84False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 341 total · 15 in 24 mo

341
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
14
Fatal
135
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266106
20254034
2024100210
20239029
20225015
202110038
2020111311
20197137
2018100210
2017160416
2016131613
2015131613
2014234522
2013110611
2012130213
2011131213
20101801218
2009111410
20087037
20079149
2006140614
20058038
20041911117
2003160514
2002120911
20014044
20008047
19994124
19984034
1997120711
19969049
19956025
19944014
19921001
19911010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026MO00Yes
Jul 9, 2026MO00Yes
May 24, 2026WY00Yes
Apr 15, 2026OK00Yes
Mar 24, 2026AZ10Yes
Feb 15, 2026MO00Yes
Aug 31, 2025OK00Yes
Aug 25, 2025NV03Yes
May 11, 2025GA05Yes
Apr 11, 2025WI01Yes
Dec 11, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 27, 2024ID03Yes
Oct 6, 2024WY00Yes
Sep 29, 2024AZ00Yes
Sep 7, 2024UT00Yes
Jul 30, 2024NM00Yes
Jun 2, 2024IL00Yes
May 18, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 29, 2024CA01Yes
Feb 5, 2024NV00Yes
Nov 18, 2023NE00Yes
Oct 29, 2023IA00Yes
Oct 7, 2023CA01Yes
Sep 22, 2023AZ00Yes
Sep 7, 2023WI00Yes