Carrier profile · USDOT 669446 · MC-311656 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K D Transport LLC

23 power unitsavg 5 yrMulti-region · 12 statesCROSSVILLE, TN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-311656 ACTIVE
Verified linkskdtransport.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 6.3%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 — 16 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 12.5 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 5

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 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 36 total · 5 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252002
20242022
20231001
20222012
20213003
20201001
20182002
20173003
20154014
20132022
20121001
20113023
20102012
20094014
20082002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 6, 2026PA00Yes
Oct 30, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 5, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 14, 2024MO05Yes
Apr 3, 2024TN01Yes
Dec 2, 2023OK00Yes
Jan 23, 2022PA01Yes
Jan 6, 2022KY00Yes
Dec 1, 2021CA00Yes
May 19, 2021VA00Yes
Apr 6, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 21, 2020TN00Yes
Sep 1, 2018MD00Yes
May 29, 2018AR00Yes
Dec 13, 2017OH00Yes
Nov 19, 2017MN00Yes
Apr 25, 2017IN00Yes
Dec 17, 2015TN01Yes
Oct 27, 2015IL00Yes
Oct 15, 2015NC00Yes
Jun 10, 2015NC00Yes
Dec 21, 2013TN02Yes
Feb 1, 2013NC01Yes
Jul 31, 2012IL00Yes