Carrier profile · USDOT 2119362 · MC-777297 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KMS EXPRESS INC

111 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 44 statesSCHAUMBURG, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-777297 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkskmsexpressinc.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 15.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%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

15.5% · 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 22.0 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

282 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 111-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
111
Inspections · 24 mo
286
Annualized
≈143 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
47%
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 Driving106 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 30 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 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.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 10 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264013
20256015
20243013
20234024
20228067
20213003
20202012
20191101
20182002
20161001
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 10, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 4, 2026SC00Yes
Jan 27, 2026PA01No
Jan 26, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 22, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 13, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 13, 2025IL01No
Mar 25, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 6, 2025UT00Yes
Feb 21, 2025PA00Yes
May 23, 2024SC00Yes
May 16, 2024GA01Yes
May 1, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 6, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 24, 2023CT00Yes
May 2, 2023GA01Yes
Jan 30, 2023IL01Yes
Aug 17, 2022OK01Yes
Aug 12, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 11, 2022NC01Yes
Jul 13, 2022LA01No
Jul 13, 2022SC02Yes
Jun 22, 2022IL01Yes
Jun 13, 2022UT00Yes
Jan 16, 2022NC01Yes