Carrier profile · USDOT 2087173 · MC-728376 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

YK EXPRESS LLC

45 power unitsavg 10 yrNational · 37 statesJACKSONVILLE, FL80/100
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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 37.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 103 vehicle and 162 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.2% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.2 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

158 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 13

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
162
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving108 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance55 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 21 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 9 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

26ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
3False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243012
20232011
20223023
20213013
20204014
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 5, 2024FL00Yes
Apr 19, 2024MT00Yes
Jan 11, 2024TX01No
Oct 5, 2023FL01No
May 12, 2023AZ00Yes
Dec 19, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 8, 2022IL01Yes
Jul 14, 2022NM02Yes
Nov 21, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 5, 2021WY00Yes
Jun 18, 2021OK01Yes
Oct 21, 2020AL00Yes
Sep 14, 2020FL00Yes
Jun 30, 2020TX01Yes
Jun 17, 2020CA00Yes
May 27, 2011AL01Yes