Carrier profile · USDOT 1289418 · MC-495440 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K S Trans Service Co

41 power unitsavg 7.9 yrRegional · 3 statesFRESNO, CA88/100
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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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 162 vehicle and 214 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.3% · 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 4.3 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

208 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 17

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
≈2.6 / 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
41
Inspections · 24 mo
214
Annualized
≈107 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
79%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving79 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

57 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

35ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
7False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 32 total · 5 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20241011
20231001
20214024
20203103
20193023
20183003
20173003
20166016
20141001
20132012
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 12, 2026CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 20, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 12, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 18, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 16, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2021CA01Yes
May 27, 2021CA00Yes
May 21, 2021CA01Yes
Jan 6, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 19, 2020CA10Yes
Jun 17, 2020AZ00Yes
Jan 3, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 7, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 4, 2019CA01Yes
Feb 4, 2019CA01Yes
Jul 7, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 30, 2018AZ00Yes
Feb 7, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 22, 2017CA00Yes
Oct 31, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 30, 2017CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 23, 2016CA01Yes
Aug 14, 2016AZ00Yes