Carrier profile · USDOT 1181277 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LKQ Southeast Inc

DBA LKQ

301 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 16 statesANTIOCH, TN88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 6.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 96 vehicle and 150 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 2.9 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

143 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 10

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 301-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
301
Inspections · 24 mo
150
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
66%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
18%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 49 total · 2 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20234023
20225005
20212002
20205015
20198137
20182002
20174034
20163023
20152002
20142002
20135055
20123033
20101011
20041011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026AL01Yes
Jan 22, 2026AL00Yes
Oct 26, 2023TN01Yes
Jun 9, 2023AL00Yes
May 18, 2023FL01No
Apr 28, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 31, 2022SC00Yes
Aug 20, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 12, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 10, 2022FL00Yes
Jan 20, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 24, 2021FL00Yes
Apr 22, 2021FL00Yes
Dec 11, 2020FL01Yes
Nov 23, 2020NC00Yes
Jun 16, 2020FL00Yes
Mar 31, 2020GA00Yes
Feb 24, 2020GA00Yes
Dec 30, 2019AL11Yes
Dec 13, 2019FL00Yes
Dec 3, 2019FL00Yes
Nov 28, 2019LA02Yes
Nov 15, 2019FL01No
Nov 6, 2019FL00Yes
May 24, 2019FL00Yes