Carrier profile · USDOT 2578164 · MC-902154 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

K1 Transfreight Inc

121 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 39 statesWHEELING, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-902154 ACTIVE
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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 32.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 95 vehicle and 223 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.7% · 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 9.5 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

217 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 16

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 121-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
121
Inspections · 24 mo
223
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving87 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance57 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 25 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

27ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
24False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 9 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20253022
20244014
20234113
20226026
20215024
20202012
20196026
20181001
20171011
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026NE00Yes
Apr 21, 2026NJ00Yes
Apr 8, 2026ID00Yes
Jan 11, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 25, 2025IL01Yes
Mar 9, 2025AL00Yes
Feb 24, 2025CT01No
Nov 22, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 22, 2024IN00Yes
May 30, 2024MO00Yes
Feb 14, 2024MT02Yes
Nov 3, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 17, 2023IA20Yes
May 12, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 10, 2023WV02No
Dec 15, 2022AZ00Yes
Nov 22, 2022IA01Yes
Oct 2, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 8, 2022NE01Yes
Jul 1, 2022MT00Yes
Mar 5, 2022MT00Yes
Oct 19, 2021UT01Yes
Sep 16, 2021KY00Yes
Aug 3, 2021OH00Yes
Jun 2, 2021IL01No