Carrier profile · USDOT 171766 · MC-146600 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K & J Trucking Inc

132 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 33 statesSIOUX FALLS, SD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-146600 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkskandjtrucking.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 12.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 137 vehicle and 367 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.0% · 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 4.6 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

350 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 23

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 132-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
132
Inspections · 24 mo
368
Annualized
≈184 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving92 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 16 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 140 total · 12 in 24 mo

140
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
48
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20256016
20248028
20232102
20223013
20214014
20203003
20195025
20183003
20177136
20163023
20155025
20142002
20135015
20123013
20112002
20104034
20095005
20084024
20078128
20067027
20058138
20044024
20036135
20024023
20016115
20003113
19995134
19983022
19972012
19962021
19951001
19942012
19931001
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 12, 2026MO01Yes
Mar 6, 2026SD00Yes
Jan 18, 2026MA00Yes
Nov 8, 2025MN00Yes
Aug 18, 2025OK00Yes
Aug 3, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 27, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 15, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 3, 2025WY01Yes
Dec 17, 2024IA00Yes
Nov 27, 2024SD00Yes
Nov 21, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 14, 2024UT01Yes
Aug 11, 2024IA00Yes
Mar 7, 2024WV00Yes
Mar 1, 2024AL00Yes
Jan 10, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 17, 2023CA00Yes
May 13, 2023SD20Yes
Dec 17, 2022SD00Yes
Dec 8, 2022NM02Yes
Mar 30, 2022MN00Yes
Nov 1, 2021WI00Yes
Sep 27, 2021IN00Yes
May 21, 2021IL01Yes