Carrier profile · USDOT 471699 · MC-173826 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

R & K EXPRESS INC

7 power unitsLocal · 2 statesROCHESTER, MN50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-173826 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 —24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 7-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 5 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2018	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	0	2
2014	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2010	1	1	1	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	2	0	1	2
2001	1	0	1	1
2000	1	0	0	1
1999	2	0	0	2
1998	2	0	1	2
1997	1	0	1	1
1996	3	0	2	3

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 31, 2018	WI	0	0	Yes
Jan 27, 2016	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 6, 2015	MN	0	0	Yes
May 13, 2015	MN	0	0	Yes
Apr 4, 2014	SD	0	0	Yes
Mar 16, 2012	MN	0	0	Yes
Nov 2, 2010	WI	2	2	Yes
Nov 18, 2009	MN	0	0	Yes
Feb 13, 2008	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 21, 2003	TN	0	1	Yes
Sep 17, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 12, 2002	WI	0	1	Yes
Feb 14, 2001	OH	0	1	Yes
Oct 30, 2000	MO	0	0	Yes
Apr 30, 1999	WI	0	0	Yes
Jan 22, 1999	WI	0	0	Yes
Feb 18, 1998	NE	0	1	Yes
Jan 7, 1998	WI	0	0	Yes
Jun 17, 1997	MO	0	5	Yes
Aug 25, 1996	TX	0	2	Yes
Apr 22, 1996	LA	0	0	Yes
Feb 28, 1996	WI	0	1	Yes