KL EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 1450411MC-Docket MC548095MEMPHIS, TN
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KL EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 1450411) in MEMPHIS, TN — 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2007-11-09 — 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.
- 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 8 times, most recent 2020-10-28 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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.
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 6.15
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.6
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 10.82
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
1
Injuries
3
Crashes
21
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
10
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 10
- Total drivers
- 6
- Years in business
- 20
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 14.3%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 33.3%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
- 8 times last 2020-10-28
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-21
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2007-11-09
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
27
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
50
Violations
13
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-09-07 → 2026-05-17.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-01-10
AR
Tow-away
2025-09-23
IN
1 injuredTow-away
2025-04-07
IL
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
25 | 6 | 2025-11-05 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
7 | 0 | 2026-02-10 |
Hours of service 395
|
6 | 3 | 2026-02-10 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
4 | 2 | 2025-11-05 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2026-01-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-01-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-01-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-12-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-12-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test | OOS |
| 2025-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-11-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flattened/Crushed Vehicles - Improper securement of flattened or crushed vehicles. | OOS |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Other - Any air leak not attributed to the brake or suspension system. | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flattened/Crushed Vehicles - Improper use of synthetic webbing | OOS |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-05-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2024-10-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status | OOS |
| 2024-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | — |
| 2024-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 11 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-02-10 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2026-01-16 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-12-11 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-11-05 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLMF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALR | OOS | — |
2025-10-29 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
2025-07-16 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
2025-06-24 10 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-OAL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 132C-CHVE | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 132B-CHVE | OOS | — |
2025-06-05 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
2025-05-27 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2024-10-08 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(k)(2) | OOS | — |
2023-09-07 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BHTC | OOS | — |
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