Carrier profile · USDOT 1185995 · MC-473368 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

K2 EXPRESS INC

79 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 11 statesFRANKLIN PARK, IL82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-473368 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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 87 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 2.0 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

84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 11

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 79-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
87
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 3 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
16False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 96% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 40 total · 5 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20242002
20231011
20201001
20192012
20182002
20172022
20163003
20151001
20142002
20133013
20125043
20113003
20094034
20081001
20071110
20061111
20051001
20042011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026PA01Yes
Aug 10, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 28, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 18, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 26, 2024NJ00Yes
Dec 19, 2023PA01Yes
Dec 11, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 28, 2019PA01Yes
Jul 17, 2019IL00Yes
Sep 20, 2018NJ00Yes
Sep 3, 2018OH00Yes
May 5, 2017NJ01Yes
Apr 7, 2017IN01Yes
Nov 5, 2016IN00Yes
Sep 23, 2016PA00Yes
Mar 3, 2016IL00Yes
Nov 11, 2015IL00Yes
Feb 14, 2014PA00Yes
Jan 22, 2014IL00Yes
May 17, 2013IL00Yes
Mar 15, 2013NJ01Yes
Feb 20, 2013NJ00Yes
Aug 31, 2012IL02Yes
Aug 8, 2012PA01No
Jun 12, 2012IL02Yes