Carrier profile · USDOT 2578534 · MC-902373 · Updated Aug 23, 2026

Road King Express Inc

138 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 44 statesROMEOVILLE, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-902373 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

138Power units

135 observed · MCS-150

126Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(708) 377-9699 Email dispatchsafety@roadkingexpressinc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 23, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average26.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

138 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

320 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 26.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 163 vehicle and 320 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.2% · 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 6.5 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

300 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 22

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 138-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 138
Inspections · 24 mo: 320
Annualized: ≈160 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving166 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 27 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 7 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 9 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’23 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Artisan Truckers’16–’17

Spirit Commercial’17–’18

State Nationalspecialty’19–’21

Milford’21–’22

Carolina’22–now

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. · since Mar 2023

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2022 → Mar 2023	$750K	1
MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2021 → Jun 2022	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jun 2019 → Jun 2021	$750K	2
SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2018 → Jun 2019	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2018 → Aug 2018	$750K	2
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	May 2017 → May 2018	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2016 → May 2017	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 138
Observed power (24 mo): 135
Trailers (towed): 126

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

74.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 44 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

320

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

ROMEOVILLE, IL

721 PARKWOOD AVE STE D

Top corridor

CA ⇄ IL

CA 34 · OH 20 · TX 19

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 12 trucks also ran under 11 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 21800 USDOT 3514668 USDOT 1436688 USDOT 2805183 USDOT 3807989 USDOT 3668522 USDOT 1302563 USDOT 3506080Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (71 trucks · 63 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 21800 USDOT 3507833 USDOT 3514668 USDOT 3613444 USDOT 1866840 USDOT 2529497 USDOT 3675645 USDOT 3877804

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

138

Observed (24 mo)

135

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 721 PARKWOOD AVE STE D, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (708) 377-9699
Fax: (708) 777-4771
Email: safety@roadkingexpressinc.com
Web domain: roadkingexpressinc.com

Registration

Officer: Asta Kavaliauskas
USDOT / docket: 2578534 · MC-902373
First registered: Feb 6, 2015
Last MCS-150: May 6, 2026 · 14,317,403 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

138

Power units

124

Drivers

124

CDL drivers

14,317,403

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ROAD KING EXPRESS INC.

ROAD KING EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2578534) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 23, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. effective Mar 14, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 23, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 26.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

The carrier received 320 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 163 vehicle-level and 320 driver-level — across 44 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

The carrier has 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 23, 2026.

It reports 138 power units and 124 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 6, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ROAD KING EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

ROAD KING EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2578534, and its motor carrier number is MC-902373.

Is ROAD KING EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 23, 2026, ROAD KING EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ROAD KING EXPRESS INC's safety record?

ROAD KING EXPRESS INC has a 26.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 464 roadside inspections, with 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is ROAD KING EXPRESS INC's fleet?

ROAD KING EXPRESS INC operates 138 power units and 124 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ROAD KING EXPRESS INC based?

ROAD KING EXPRESS INC is based in ROMEOVILLE, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 44 states.

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