Carrier profile · USDOT 369385 · MC-223446 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Katana Inc

30 power unitsavg 9.3 yrRegional · 6 statesINDIANOLA, IA84/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-223446 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskatanainc.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

18 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 30-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.15 Automatic on-board recording deviceHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False 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· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20243003
20202002
20191011
20181011
20172022
20161001
20143003
20131010
20122002
20111001
20102022
20091001
20072111
20061001
20051011
20031011
20011001
19991001
19981010
19962112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 22, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 12, 2024WY00Yes
Aug 19, 2024IA00Yes
Jul 3, 2024WY00Yes
Dec 16, 2020AZ00Yes
Oct 11, 2020NV00Yes
Nov 18, 2019UT01Yes
Aug 3, 2018CA01Yes
Jul 11, 2017IA01Yes
May 21, 2017WY01Yes
Sep 19, 2016CA00Yes
Nov 13, 2014UT00Yes
Jul 18, 2014UT00Yes
Apr 4, 2014MN00Yes
Apr 19, 2013NE01No
Dec 24, 2012UT00Yes
Jan 10, 2012CA00Yes
Feb 18, 2011NM00Yes
Jul 30, 2010NE02Yes
Jul 10, 2010CA01Yes
Dec 28, 2009NE00Yes
Jun 15, 2007IL11No
Apr 12, 2007CA00Yes
Mar 14, 2006CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2005NE01Yes