Carrier profile · USDOT 2414433 · MC-831094 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tko Logistics Inc

46 power unitsavg 7.2 yrMulti-region · 11 statesWEST CHICAGO, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-831094 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkstkologistics.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 29.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · 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 22.5 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 7

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
84
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
8False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262102
20252022
20241001
20233003
20221001
20212012
20201001
20192002
20183013
20161001
20143003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2026WI20Yes
Mar 7, 2026MN00Yes
Nov 6, 2025WI01Yes
May 30, 2025WI03Yes
Jul 19, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 24, 2023WI00Yes
Oct 13, 2023MN00Yes
Jun 20, 2023FL00Yes
Mar 17, 2022WI00Yes
Dec 7, 2021MN00Yes
Apr 30, 2021IL01Yes
Jun 19, 2020WI00Yes
Apr 11, 2019WI00Yes
Mar 26, 2019WI00Yes
Dec 31, 2018WI01Yes
Oct 3, 2018IL00Yes
Jun 4, 2018IL00Yes
Jun 13, 2016WI00Yes
Jul 17, 2014WI00Yes
Jul 16, 2014MN00Yes
Jan 21, 2014IL00Yes