KW EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 20
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 13
- Annualized
- ≈7 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 1, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 44 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2021 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 17, 2017 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2017 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 29, 2016 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2013 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2012 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2012 | MI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2011 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2008 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2007 | IN | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2006 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2006 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2005 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2005 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2005 | MI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2004 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2004 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |