Carrier profile · USDOT 3019753 · MC-33695 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K&k Freightways Inc

9 power unitsavg 7.2 yrRegional · 6 statesFRESNO, CA0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-33695 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
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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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Jan 30, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 44.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 19.8 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
4Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20231001
20221001
20213013
20201001
20184014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 18, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 22, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 22, 2023TN00Yes
Sep 9, 2022NM00Yes
May 17, 2021AL02Yes
Apr 21, 2021AZ00Yes
Mar 6, 2021TX00Yes
May 4, 2020CA00Yes
Sep 6, 2018IL01Yes
Apr 13, 2018TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2018CA00Yes
Feb 4, 2018MO00Yes