Carrier profile · USDOT 2728054 · MC-924363 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KIK LLC

70 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 43 statesVERNON HILLS, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-924363 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 12.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 265 vehicle and 428 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

416 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 28

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
≈3.1 / 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
70
Inspections · 24 mo
428
Annualized
≈214 / yr
Coverage
≈3.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving114 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 34 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
19False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 11 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264033
20255035
20244014
20233003
20223023
20211001
20202012
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 4, 2026TN01No
Apr 3, 2026SD00Yes
Feb 16, 2026NC01Yes
Jan 19, 2026IN01Yes
Nov 15, 2025NM00Yes
Jul 30, 2025OR01Yes
Jul 25, 2025TX03Yes
Apr 7, 2025TN01Yes
Apr 1, 2025SD00Yes
Oct 13, 2024MN03Yes
Oct 10, 2024MA00Yes
Apr 19, 2024AZ00Yes
Apr 5, 2024WA00Yes
Nov 5, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2023PA00Yes
Apr 21, 2023SD00Yes
Aug 26, 2022KS01Yes
Jul 28, 2022NV01Yes
Mar 15, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 10, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 7, 2020TX01Yes
Feb 6, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 30, 2019IN00Yes