Carrier profile · USDOT 1248031 · MC-486848 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

K EXPRESS INC

29 power unitsavg 5.1 yrRegional · 7 statesBENSENVILLE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-486848 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 67 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · 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 16.8 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 6

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 29-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
67
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 5 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255025
20243112
20212112
20202121
20193013
20181011
20174024
20132012
20121011
20112012
20091001
20081001
20072011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 17, 2025OH01Yes
May 27, 2025WI00Yes
Feb 5, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 21, 2025OH01Yes
Jun 27, 2024OH10Yes
May 3, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 17, 2024MI01No
May 10, 2021OH20Yes
May 4, 2021OH01Yes
Dec 8, 2020IL01No
Jun 12, 2020WI43Yes
Dec 30, 2019IN00Yes
Oct 7, 2019MI01Yes
Jun 28, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 12, 2018IN01Yes
Dec 30, 2017MI00Yes
Oct 17, 2017WI00Yes
Jun 29, 2017MI01Yes
Mar 4, 2017IL01Yes
Jul 19, 2013IN00Yes
Feb 20, 2013IL01Yes
Feb 27, 2012MI01Yes
Oct 12, 2011KY01Yes
Feb 16, 2011IL00Yes