Carrier profile · USDOT 1656126 · MC-609281 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Marko Transport Inc

51 power unitsavg 7.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesSAUK VILLAGE, IL88/100
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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 17.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 93 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 16.5 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

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 8

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 51-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
93
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving37 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 47 total · 5 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254024
20234004
20227017
20214113
20202002
20192002
20185125
20171001
20163023
20152002
20142012
20136026
20113003
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026WI02Yes
Dec 3, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 21, 2025MI01Yes
May 3, 2025IA01Yes
Mar 4, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 1, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 28, 2023NE00Yes
Jul 20, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 16, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 19, 2022IL00Yes
Dec 16, 2022IN00Yes
May 25, 2022WI00Yes
May 11, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 11, 2022MO00Yes
Mar 4, 2022WI02Yes
Jan 14, 2022IA00Yes
Sep 28, 2021WI10No
Aug 12, 2021IN01Yes
Jul 1, 2021OK00Yes
May 28, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 23, 2020AR00Yes
Nov 23, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2019UT00Yes
Jan 28, 2019IL00Yes
Dec 18, 2018MO21Yes