Carrier profile · USDOT 585131 · MC-283046 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K & E Transportation Associates Inc

19 power unitsavg 6.6 yrMulti-region · 11 statesWEST NEWFIELD, ME81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-283046 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksketrans.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 22.6%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 — 31 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 22.1 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 8

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
17%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 36 total · 2 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242011
20231001
20224014
20214224
20207027
20192002
20181001
20171001
20161011
20151001
20141001
20092011
20082012
20032021
20021001
20011010
19991011
19961010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 8, 2026ME00Yes
Nov 15, 2024IL01No
Jun 10, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 2, 2023AZ00Yes
Oct 5, 2022AL00Yes
Oct 4, 2022CT01Yes
Sep 7, 2022KY00Yes
Jun 2, 2022ME00Yes
Dec 2, 2021ME01Yes
Feb 15, 2021PA02Yes
Jan 12, 2021ME20Yes
Jan 12, 2021ME20Yes
Oct 2, 2020ME00Yes
Sep 21, 2020NJ01Yes
Aug 21, 2020ME00Yes
Aug 3, 2020MO00Yes
May 29, 2020MA00Yes
Apr 9, 2020ME00Yes
Jan 6, 2020MA02Yes
Nov 7, 2019MA00Yes
Jun 6, 2019ME00Yes
Jun 22, 2018ME00Yes
Aug 24, 2017ME00Yes
Dec 11, 2016PA01Yes
Jan 28, 2015ME00Yes