Carrier profile · USDOT 1136522 · MC-460842 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

K & S Transportation LLC

18 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 16 statesLINEVILLE, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-460842 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 31.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 43 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 6.9 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
43
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
7False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20222002
20211001
20202002
20193022
20181001
20171001
20073012
20063033
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 24, 2025MS00Yes
Aug 1, 2024AL00Yes
Aug 31, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 28, 2022AL00Yes
Sep 20, 2021TN00Yes
Nov 18, 2020TN00Yes
Jan 20, 2020AL00Yes
Dec 3, 2019AL03No
Sep 10, 2019AL00Yes
Mar 21, 2019GA02Yes
Oct 23, 2018AL00Yes
Mar 1, 2017FL00Yes
Jul 11, 2007AL01No
Jun 22, 2007AL00Yes
Jan 14, 2007AL00Yes
Aug 29, 2006GA01Yes
May 21, 2006WV01Yes
Jan 17, 2006GA01Yes
Oct 7, 2005GA02Yes