Carrier profile · USDOT 1836511 · MC-665731 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

K L Breeden & Sons LLC

DBA KLB SONS

761 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 33 statesFORT WORTH, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-665731 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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 437 vehicle and 790 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

775 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 47

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 761-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
761
Inspections · 24 mo
790
Annualized
≈395 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Maintenance148 · 36 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving137 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance106 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance97 · 21 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance68 · 59 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance66 · 40 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance65 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

74 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

53ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 437 total · 53 in 24 mo

437
Total crashes
53
In last 24 mo
18
Fatal
146
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026180517
2025281725
20243021129
2023190817
2022180418
20212301022
20204321441
20194012038
20185011149
2017311829
20163041029
20153021129
2014230623
2013150314
2012141714
2011141713
20107236
20094014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2026NM01No
Jul 14, 2026NH01Yes
Jun 27, 2026CT00Yes
Jun 26, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 24, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 23, 2026VA00Yes
May 31, 2026FL01Yes
May 27, 2026GA00Yes
May 20, 2026MS00Yes
May 12, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 28, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 15, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 4, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 6, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 5, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 20, 2026FL01Yes
Feb 12, 2026TN01Yes
Jan 15, 2026CO00Yes
Dec 29, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 14, 2025NJ01No
Nov 10, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 6, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 7, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 15, 2025TX12Yes