Carrier profile · USDOT 3032736 · MC-40298 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

PKD EXPRESS LLC

DBA PKD EXPRESS

40 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 28 statesGLEN ELYN, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-40298 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 51.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 96 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 21.9 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
96
Annualized
≈48 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
46%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
5%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
81%
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 Driving44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

51 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
16False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20245035
20233013
20222022
20214014
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 9, 2024KS03Yes
Jul 31, 2024KS00Yes
Jul 10, 2024MI01Yes
Jun 4, 2024VA01Yes
Jan 12, 2024AR00Yes
Oct 18, 2023VA01Yes
Sep 7, 2023OH00Yes
Mar 8, 2023SD00Yes
Jul 22, 2022AL01Yes
Jan 28, 2022NJ01Yes
Oct 6, 2021AR00Yes
Aug 30, 2021KY01Yes
Aug 11, 2021KY00Yes
Jun 4, 2021WI00Yes
Jan 17, 2020KS00Yes