Carrier profile · USDOT 1450411 · MC-825542 · Updated Jul 15, 2026

KL EXPRESS LLC

10 power unitsavg 16.3 yrMulti-region · 9 statesMEMPHIS, TN50/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-825542 INACTIVE
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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 46.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 9.0 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 3

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.132 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 16 total · 3 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20231001
20201001
20192012
20182012
20172002
20151011
20141001
20132112
20091010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2026AR00Yes
Sep 23, 2025IN01Yes
Apr 7, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 9, 2023TN00Yes
Nov 17, 2020IL00Yes
Jun 3, 2019KS00Yes
Feb 1, 2019OH01Yes
Jul 13, 2018LA01Yes
Jul 13, 2018TN00Yes
Jul 22, 2017MS00Yes
Jan 4, 2017TN00Yes
Sep 21, 2015MS02Yes
Feb 3, 2014TN00Yes
Jun 11, 2013IL11Yes
Feb 19, 2013IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2009TX01No