Carrier profile · USDOT 2049399 · MC-718029 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MKJ Transportation LLC

DBA PATRIOT TRANSPORT

21 power unitsavg 7.7 yrMulti-region · 12 statesMONETT, MO74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-718029 ACTIVE
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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 36.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 12.7 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 5

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 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 33 total · 3 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253113
20232002
20225045
20214014
20191001
20183013
20171001
20163013
20153003
20143013
20132002
20122102
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 26, 2025AR00Yes
May 8, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 6, 2025TN11Yes
Dec 11, 2023AR00Yes
Nov 2, 2023AR00Yes
Dec 20, 2022GA01Yes
Dec 13, 2022AR03Yes
Oct 24, 2022GA00Yes
Jun 1, 2022AR01Yes
May 31, 2022OK01Yes
Oct 4, 2021AR00Yes
Aug 13, 2021AR00Yes
Mar 31, 2021TN00Yes
Mar 27, 2021AR01Yes
Sep 25, 2019AR00Yes
Jun 25, 2018AR00Yes
Jun 4, 2018AR01Yes
Feb 8, 2018AZ00Yes
Apr 21, 2017MO00Yes
Jul 7, 2016AR01Yes
Mar 16, 2016AR00Yes
Mar 11, 2016AR00Yes
Nov 17, 2015AR00Yes
May 28, 2015AR00Yes
Feb 6, 2015AR00Yes