Carrier profile · USDOT 239863 · MC-171141 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

K-w Trucking Inc

8 power unitsavg 4.8 yrMulti-region · 13 statesOSBORNE, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-171141 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 13.7 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 3

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
1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
12 / yr
Coverage
1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
36%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
.41measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 25, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243013
20231011
20221001
20202012
20191001
20131010
20111111
20101011
20091011
20081011
20061001
20042012
20031001
20022002
20011001
20002011
19991010
19971001
19961010
19951001
19942022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 19, 2024CO00Yes
Apr 17, 2024IA00Yes
Apr 14, 2024TN01Yes
Sep 6, 2023AZ01Yes
Jul 13, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 22, 2020TX02Yes
Sep 22, 2020TN00Yes
Aug 6, 2019CA00Yes
Dec 14, 2013ND01No
Aug 20, 2011KS21Yes
Sep 20, 2010TX01Yes
Jan 21, 2009MO01Yes
Jan 27, 2008KS01Yes
Jun 5, 2006CO00Yes
Dec 2, 2004IL00Yes
Aug 22, 2004AL01Yes
Aug 8, 2003MO00Yes
Aug 23, 2002KS00Yes
Jan 30, 2002KS00Yes
Nov 2, 2001IA00Yes
Aug 22, 2000IL01No
Mar 8, 2000MO00Yes
Aug 30, 1999MN01No
Feb 10, 1997NE00Yes
Sep 8, 1996MO01No