Carrier profile · USDOT 783481 · MC-350067 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ARNOLD JAMES KNAGGS

DBA KNAGGS TRUCKING

13 power unitsavg 18.7 yrRegional · 6 statesCARSONVILLE, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-350067 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 41.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

55.6% · 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 16.0 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 3

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20212012
20194004
20182012
20172002
20162002
20152012
20143013
20131001
20101001
20091001
20081001
20073013
20061001
20042012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 1, 2025WI01Yes
Mar 24, 2021IL01Yes
Feb 5, 2021MI00Yes
Jul 18, 2019SC00Yes
May 16, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 14, 2019MO00Yes
Jan 1, 2019MI00Yes
Nov 9, 2018OH02Yes
Jun 18, 2018IN00Yes
Aug 22, 2017IL00Yes
Apr 13, 2017MI00Yes
Nov 29, 2016MI00Yes
Jun 23, 2016MI00Yes
Oct 5, 2015SC00Yes
Aug 11, 2015TN01Yes
Nov 20, 2014MI00Yes
Jul 31, 2014IL00Yes
May 6, 2014IN02Yes
Dec 16, 2013MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2010SC00Yes
Dec 8, 2009KY00Yes
Jul 23, 2008IN00Yes
Nov 14, 2007IL04Yes
May 4, 2007TX00Yes
Mar 13, 2007KY00Yes