Carrier profile · USDOT 3218214 · MC-1006581 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Niki Express Inc

0 power unitsavg 7.2 yrNational · 30 statesWILLIOWBROOK, IL56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1006581 INACTIVE
Verified linksnikiexpressinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 44.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 59 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 22.2 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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
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 Driving56 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 16 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 15 total · 8 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256025
20242022
20231011
20221001
20213003
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 19, 2026SC00Yes
Dec 1, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 8, 2025TX02No
May 9, 2025OH02Yes
May 5, 2025CO00Yes
Apr 10, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 6, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 14, 2024MO01Yes
Aug 7, 2024CA01Yes
Apr 14, 2023KY02Yes
Apr 20, 2022IA00Yes
Jul 9, 2021WA00Yes
Apr 6, 2021SC00Yes
Apr 2, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 14, 2020AR00Yes