Carrier profile · USDOT 294345 · MC-195565 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Karls Transport Inc

168 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 24 statesANTIGO, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-195565 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskarlstransport.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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 181 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 10.8 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

177 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 13

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 168-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
168
Inspections · 24 mo
181
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

67 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 163 total · 13 in 24 mo

163
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
61
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20254014
20249019
20236026
20225005
20213003
20207027
20197017
20182002
20174014
20165015
20155025
20145015
20138028
20125015
20117057
20104023
20096036
20088038
20078017
20062012
20055135
20047037
20035034
20024024
20012012
20005125
19992011
19983023
19978168
19964043
19941011
19932011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026OH02Yes
Apr 18, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 13, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 10, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 1, 2026IL01Yes
Oct 17, 2025GA03Yes
Apr 11, 2025WI00Yes
Jan 15, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 10, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 25, 2024IA00Yes
Nov 26, 2024KY00Yes
Nov 19, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 29, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 1, 2024WI00Yes
Jul 22, 2024MS00Yes
Apr 3, 2024OH00Yes
Mar 17, 2024IL01Yes
Feb 12, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 6, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 13, 2023IN01Yes
Jun 13, 2023WI00Yes
May 1, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 22, 2023WI01Yes
Jan 27, 2023MT00Yes
Nov 17, 2022IL00Yes