Carrier profile · USDOT 115479 · MC-1099851 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BEN E KEITH COMPANY

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1,768 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 19 statesFORT WORTH, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1099851 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 9.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 529 vehicle and 818 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.6% · 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 2.0 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

788 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 46

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 1,768-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
1,768
Inspections · 24 mo
819
Annualized
≈410 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
5%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving188 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance99 · 28 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance67 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance66 · 15 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance61 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 31 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 9 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

11 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 845 total · 93 in 24 mo

845
Total crashes
93
In last 24 mo
32
Fatal
319
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026210720
20255212348
20244931944
20233621632
20225421452
20213411531
2020332831
2019321929
20184011537
20172601222
20163221532
20153011428
20142521122
20133311028
20123321129
20113021028
2010243721
20092901229
2008280727
20072801128
2006272926
20052811125
2004251924
20032501623
2002210721
2001220821
2000192916
19981011
19972012
19962011
19931001
19922012
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 20, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 1, 2026AR01No
Jun 17, 2026AL00Yes
Jun 12, 2026OK00Yes
Jun 3, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 1, 2026TX00Yes
May 25, 2026TX00Yes
May 15, 2026TX01Yes
May 14, 2026TX00Yes
May 4, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 21, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2026CO00Yes
Apr 14, 2026TX03Yes
Apr 11, 2026TX02Yes
Mar 26, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 5, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 30, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 20, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 15, 2026FL02Yes
Jan 15, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 9, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 24, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 24, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 22, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2025TX00Yes