Carrier profile · USDOT 347778 · MC-201946 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

K C LOGISTICS INC

DBA KC TRANSPORTATION

414 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 16 statesCARLETON, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-201946 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkskctrans.comFMCSA SAFER

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 23.9%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 — 289 vehicle and 551 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.5% · 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 1.8 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

518 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 37

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 414-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
414
Inspections · 24 mo
551
Annualized
≈276 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving208 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance92 · 84 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance71 · 20 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

74 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

58ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 356 total · 22 in 24 mo

356
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
136
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269048
2025130813
20249029
2023170617
2022140514
2021100610
20203013
2019120312
2018150414
2017150815
2016141614
2015180517
2014150515
20138148
2012180218
20115015
201010088
2009130313
20089049
2007161216
2006170517
2005130113
2004170815
2003110511
2002121710
20018156
20007027
19996015
19984033
19979146
19963033
19954033
19942020
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 30, 2026OH01Yes
Apr 28, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 14, 2026WV01No
Mar 19, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 11, 2026KY01Yes
Feb 3, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 19, 2026MI02Yes
Jan 7, 2026MS00Yes
Dec 9, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 10, 2025KY01Yes
Oct 7, 2025WV02Yes
Sep 4, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 13, 2025KY01Yes
Apr 23, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 10, 2025KY01Yes
Apr 1, 2025AL01Yes
Mar 4, 2025GA01Yes
Feb 25, 2025MS00Yes
Feb 14, 2025AL01Yes
Feb 3, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 31, 2025TN03Yes
Aug 2, 2024MI00Yes
May 18, 2024IN02Yes
May 10, 2024TN00Yes