Carrier profile · USDOT 2511620 · MC-871115 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kal Freight Inc

1 power unitavg 3.8 yrNational · 26 statesARLINGTON, TX52/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-871115 INACTIVEUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
Verified linkskalfreight.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 17.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 189 vehicle and 337 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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 1.5 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

328 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 63

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
≈168.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
337
Annualized
≈169 / yr
Coverage
≈168.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
99%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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.

  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance208 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving186 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance154 · 33 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance142 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 24 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance35 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 17 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

627 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

425ELD device issues
27No log / no ELD
105False logs
33Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 132 total · 17 in 24 mo

132
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
37
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2025130413
20247026
20236016
20229049
2021240824
2020330632
2019260724
20185135
20175015
20163013
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2025TN02Yes
Mar 23, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 10, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 21, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 12, 2025OK00Yes
Feb 3, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 19, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 18, 2025IL01Yes
Jan 16, 2025AL01Yes
Jan 11, 2025OK06Yes
Jan 5, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 26, 2024NM01No
Dec 2, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 11, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 18, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 23, 2024SC00Yes
Feb 16, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 31, 2023AL01Yes
Dec 30, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 22, 2023AZ00Yes
Dec 20, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 27, 2023CA00Yes