Carrier profile · USDOT 2131755 · MC-788589 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Road Knights Inc

76 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 33 statesSCHILLER PARK, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-788589 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 29.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 127 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · 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 11.6 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

124 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 10

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 76-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
76
Inspections · 24 mo
127
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving89 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 45 total · 6 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255005
20242012
20235015
20224004
20216016
20202002
20193012
20184024
20175025
20163013
20155015
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 29, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 8, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 25, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 29, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 4, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 10, 2024FL01Yes
Dec 17, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 17, 2023IL00Yes
Jun 10, 2023OH01Yes
Jun 7, 2023IA00Yes
Mar 13, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 21, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 12, 2022MO00Yes
Feb 17, 2022MO00Yes
Jan 13, 2022NY00Yes
Dec 27, 2021WY00Yes
Oct 29, 2021IN00Yes
Aug 30, 2021MD00Yes
Jul 22, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 15, 2021IN01Yes
Jan 11, 2021IL00Yes
Jun 12, 2020OH00Yes
Mar 11, 2020IN00Yes
Oct 24, 2019IN00Yes