4KX TRANSPORTATION INC
USDOT 2818406MC-Docket MC939596LISLE, IL
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4KX TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2818406) in LISLE, IL — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2018-05-23 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 3 times, most recent 2022-05-05 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 2 other active carrier(s) operate from this exact street + ZIP. High counts are often legitimate registered-agent / virtual-office addresses — treat as context, not a verdict.
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.07
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 3.84
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 15.76
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
6
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
13
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 11
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 66.7%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 66.7%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 3 times last 2022-05-05
- Physical address
- 2 other carrier(s) at this address
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2024-06-25
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2018-05-23
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
9
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
54
Violations
16
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-01 → 2026-05-01.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
32 | 9 | 2026-05-01 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
8 | 3 | 2026-05-01 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
5 | 0 | 2026-02-26 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2026-02-26 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 1 | 2026-01-23 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 1 | 2026-05-01 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2026-04-28 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Vehicle not secured front and rear | OOS |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tiedown(s) not over/around wheels | OOS |
| 2026-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2026-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2026-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2026-01-23 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state driver | OOS |
| 2026-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2026-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel tank fill pipe cap missing | — |
| 2025-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2025-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | OOS |
| 2025-07-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status | OOS |
| 2025-03-06 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | OOS |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Must have knowledge of and comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No brakes as required - Explain: | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material as required for vehicles manufactured before December 1993 | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper safety chain attachment | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Unsafe operations forbidden | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate - no previous history | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 8 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-01 10 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
2026-04-28 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
2026-02-26 4 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 128B1 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 128B3 | OOS | — |
2026-01-23 10 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 67C7 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
2025-10-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
2025-09-23 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
2025-07-23 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2AU | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2 | OOS | — |
2025-03-06 19 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A1-NPH | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 7 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2FT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 70D8 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 42 | — | — |
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