Carrier profile · USDOT 320526 · MC-205685 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K & B Transportation Inc

729 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 32 statesSOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-205685 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 29.6%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 — 405 vehicle and 932 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.4% · 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 7.3 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

896 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 62

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 729-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
729
Inspections · 24 mo
933
Annualized
≈467 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving449 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance176 · 161 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance83 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance73 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

123 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

102ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,184 total · 70 in 24 mo

1,184
Total crashes
70
In last 24 mo
39
Fatal
408
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026211920
2025340833
20243421232
20234101540
20224601644
20214731447
20206761864
20198011878
20187752175
20177202271
20165902656
20154911148
20145822157
2013330933
2012371936
20113401132
2010232921
20093201031
20084131839
20074441943
2006221721
20053101131
2004221919
20033401130
20022311020
20011801014
20002431221
19991911118
19981601013
1997171716
199610048
19957053
19942012
19932002
19923003
19914034
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 22, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 18, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 11, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 10, 2026WI00Yes
May 30, 2026IA00Yes
May 30, 2026IN00Yes
May 17, 2026IL11Yes
May 2, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 6, 2026NE00Yes
Mar 29, 2026KY02Yes
Mar 25, 2026IN01Yes
Mar 20, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 16, 2026OH01Yes
Mar 12, 2026WY00Yes
Feb 24, 2026IN01Yes
Feb 20, 2026IA01Yes
Feb 10, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 6, 2026IL01No
Jan 31, 2026KY01Yes
Jan 30, 2026DE00Yes
Dec 26, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IA00Yes
Dec 8, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 10, 2025OH00Yes