Carrier profile · USDOT 1499885 · MC-563453 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

USKO EXPRESS INC

324 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 35 statesINDEPENDENCE, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-563453 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 10.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 219 vehicle and 452 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.6% · 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 6.8 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

436 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 31

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 324-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
324
Inspections · 24 mo
452
Annualized
≈226 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving143 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 85 total · 4 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252012
20243003
20238018
20228028
20219039
20205005
2019142513
2018101510
20177017
20163013
20155025
20142012
20133023
20123013
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 9, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 17, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 20, 2024CA00Yes
May 4, 2024UT00Yes
Feb 4, 2024WY00Yes
Dec 8, 2023WY00Yes
Sep 19, 2023NV01Yes
Aug 13, 2023NE00Yes
Jun 1, 2023OR00Yes
Apr 12, 2023OR00Yes
Mar 11, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 5, 2023WY00Yes
Jan 12, 2023KS00Yes
Dec 20, 2022MT00Yes
Dec 10, 2022CA02Yes
Dec 1, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 30, 2022NM00Yes
Sep 28, 2022WA00Yes
May 29, 2022UT00Yes
Apr 4, 2022IL01Yes
Mar 14, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 14, 2021CA01Yes
Oct 22, 2021MO00Yes