Carrier profile · USDOT 75914 · MC-1184 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

K & B Transport Inc

55 power unitsavg 9.4 yrNational · 36 statesELKHART, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1184 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 20.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 135 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.7% · 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 3.1 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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 9

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 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
135
Annualized
68 / yr
Coverage
1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
85%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
56%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
1Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 129 total · 5 in 24 mo

129
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
44
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20244044
20234114
20222002
20215034
20205015
20192002
20182012
20179058
20166016
20152002
20146036
20133003
20127017
20111001
20104014
20092002
20083003
20075025
20065025
20052002
20046046
20037017
20024042
20012011
20006126
19992011
19987017
19974024
19953023
19941011
19932002
19922001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 24, 2026VA00Yes
Sep 3, 2025AR00Yes
Aug 9, 2025WA00Yes
Aug 2, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 2, 2024NC01Yes
Aug 4, 2024UT02Yes
Jul 26, 2024GA01Yes
Apr 2, 2024IL01Yes
Aug 17, 2023MS01Yes
Jul 3, 2023IN00Yes
May 16, 2023OH10Yes
Mar 1, 2023AR00Yes
Sep 1, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 23, 2022SD00Yes
Oct 30, 2021WA00Yes
Oct 25, 2021OH01Yes
Sep 4, 2021OK00Yes
Jun 24, 2021TX01No
Feb 22, 2021PA01Yes
Dec 23, 2020MN00Yes
Dec 13, 2020NM00Yes
Dec 11, 2020FL00Yes
Mar 11, 2020AL00Yes
Feb 13, 2020WI01Yes
Dec 19, 2019IL00Yes