Carrier profile · USDOT 145020 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KLK Trucking Co Inc

7 power unitsavg 17.6 yrLocal · 2 statesSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 55.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

62.5% · 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 12.6 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.6 / 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
7
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
12 / yr
Coverage
1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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 Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 24 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 42 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20191011
20181001
20111001
20042012
20032002
20022021
20012012
20001010
19991010
19961011
19951010
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 23, 2023NJ00Yes
Dec 18, 2019NJ01Yes
Jun 20, 2018NJ00Yes
Jan 11, 2011NJ00Yes
Feb 3, 2004NJ01Yes
Jan 14, 2004NJ00Yes
Apr 15, 2003NJ00Yes
Jan 4, 2003NJ00Yes
Nov 8, 2002NJ01No
Apr 17, 2002NJ01Yes
Jul 6, 2001NJ02Yes
Jun 26, 2001NJ00Yes
May 8, 2000NJ01No
Mar 29, 1999NJ01No
Jul 3, 1996PA01Yes
Jun 16, 1995PA01No
Aug 23, 1994NJ00Yes