Carrier profile · USDOT 2527736 · MC-878106 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

KESH EXPRESS INC

47 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 45 statesBOLINGBROOK, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-878106 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkskeshexpress.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 25.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 158 vehicle and 286 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.6% · 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 4.6 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

282 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 23

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
286
Annualized
≈143 / yr
Coverage
≈3.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving122 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance36 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
30False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 10 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20255043
20245015
20225025
20211001
20201001
20181011
20171001
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 15, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 11, 2026OR00Yes
Feb 15, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 2, 2025FL01Yes
Jun 24, 2025VA01No
May 23, 2025WY02Yes
Mar 29, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2025OH01No
Dec 13, 2024WA00Yes
Oct 30, 2024AR01Yes
Mar 17, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 15, 2024NV00Yes
Mar 9, 2024MN00Yes
Dec 19, 2022MN00Yes
Oct 18, 2022NY01Yes
Sep 1, 2022OK00Yes
Jun 17, 2022CA02Yes
Apr 4, 2022WA00Yes
Jul 14, 2021AR00Yes
Nov 5, 2020OR00Yes
Apr 26, 2018TX01Yes
Mar 10, 2017TX00Yes
Oct 2, 2015IL00Yes