Carrier profile · USDOT 2523965 · MC-876637 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

KAVKAZ EXPRESS LLC

116 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 44 statesWHEELING, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-876637 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskavkazexpress.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 39.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 153 vehicle and 324 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.6% · 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 5.1 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

318 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 21

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 116-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
116
Inspections · 24 mo
324
Annualized
≈162 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving143 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance69 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 32 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 10 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

37ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
19False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 7 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255025
20241011
20201001
20182012
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 11, 2026IN01Yes
Aug 1, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 25, 2025PA02Yes
Jun 3, 2025NY00Yes
Mar 7, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 2, 2025FL02Yes
Aug 21, 2024MI01Yes
Dec 8, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 1, 2018WY01Yes
Nov 20, 2018CO00Yes
Dec 6, 2016IN01Yes
Dec 5, 2016MI00Yes