Carrier profile · USDOT 1775684 · MC-647925 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Kurtex Logistics Inc

310 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 46 statesAURORA, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-647925 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 17.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 261 vehicle and 659 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.9% · 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 3.4 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

643 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 40

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 310-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
310
Inspections · 24 mo
659
Annualized
≈330 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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 Driving250 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 27 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

50ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
10False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 40 total · 29 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
2025180517
20249038
20231101
20222002
20213003
20203022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026VA00Yes
May 3, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 23, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 12, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 14, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 8, 2025OK04Yes
Oct 24, 2025OK00Yes
Sep 24, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 12, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 29, 2025IL01Yes
Aug 25, 2025WI00Yes
Apr 16, 2025TN01No
Feb 16, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 15, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 14, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 23, 2025PA03Yes
Jan 23, 2025MA00Yes
Jan 21, 2025SC03Yes
Jan 12, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 12, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 11, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 4, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 22, 2024TN01Yes
Dec 16, 2024IA00Yes
Oct 22, 2024IL07Yes