Carrier profile · USDOT 2368495 · MC-812361 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kao Logistics Inc

153 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 41 statesEXETER, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-812361 ACTIVE
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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 3.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 168 vehicle and 256 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.0% · 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 11.3 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

249 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 18

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 153-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
153
Inspections · 24 mo
256
Annualized
≈128 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
9%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 66 total · 13 in 24 mo

66
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263012
20258138
20245124
20233013
20222002
20213003
20207127
20199029
20187037
20177037
20165035
20153003
20144043
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026LA01No
May 21, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 10, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 9, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 26, 2025GA02Yes
Jun 23, 2025WA01Yes
May 5, 2025WY12Yes
Feb 17, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2025ME00Yes
Oct 3, 2024TX02Yes
Sep 27, 2024SC00Yes
May 9, 2024PA01Yes
Mar 19, 2024WA00Yes
Mar 3, 2024TX10No
Nov 24, 2023MD00Yes
Aug 29, 2023WA00Yes
Jan 18, 2023MA01Yes
Nov 15, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 23, 2022MO00Yes
Sep 28, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2021AL00Yes
Feb 5, 2021WI00Yes
Nov 17, 2020TX00Yes