Carrier profile · USDOT 1718638 · MC-630237 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Ka Logistics Inc

70 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 28 statesBOLINGBROOK, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-630237 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 32.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 158 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 12.5 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

150 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 70-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
158
Annualized
≈79 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
96%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
51%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 21 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
7False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 65% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 9 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254023
20246036
20233003
20222022
20216046
20201001
20191001
20182002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026PA00Yes
May 19, 2026NC01Yes
Feb 20, 2026IA00Yes
Dec 9, 2025ND00Yes
Jul 7, 2025TX01No
Jun 5, 2025MI00Yes
May 17, 2025AL01Yes
Oct 9, 2024IL01Yes
Oct 3, 2024MO01Yes
Apr 5, 2024OK00Yes
Feb 16, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 22, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2024GA06Yes
Jul 21, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 3, 2023VA00Yes
Jun 5, 2023KY00Yes
Dec 22, 2022IA01Yes
Mar 18, 2022NC01Yes
Oct 22, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 10, 2021MO01Yes
Aug 28, 2021OK00Yes
May 28, 2021PA01Yes
Jan 27, 2021WV01Yes
Jan 1, 2021MO01Yes
Jan 4, 2020WY00Yes