Carrier profile · USDOT 3246954 · MC-1021038 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Niko Logistics Corporation

DBA NIKO LOGISTICS

73 power unitsavg 2.8 yrNational · 40 statesBURR RIDGE, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1021038 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 35.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 121 vehicle and 237 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 6.2 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

230 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 16

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
73
Inspections · 24 mo
237
Annualized
≈119 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
79%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
84%
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 Driving138 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance43 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 31 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

60 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
15False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 10 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20258038
20247026
20235025
20223013
20212021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 30, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026NC00Yes
Nov 17, 2025TX02Yes
Nov 14, 2025WV00Yes
Aug 28, 2025MN00Yes
Aug 8, 2025IN01Yes
Jul 22, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 20, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 19, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 11, 2025AL01Yes
Aug 1, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 12, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 11, 2024MD01Yes
Jul 2, 2024TX02No
Jun 27, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 20, 2024AZ00Yes
Jan 22, 2024OK00Yes
Dec 23, 2023LA00Yes
Dec 6, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 19, 2023GA01Yes
Oct 31, 2023AZ00Yes
Mar 21, 2023NC01Yes
Dec 15, 2022NY04Yes
Jul 25, 2022GA00Yes
Jun 17, 2022FL00Yes