Carrier profile · USDOT 461904 · MC-258815 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kaufman Transportation Service Inc

17 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesONARGA, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-258815 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkskaufmantransportation.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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 25.0 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 17-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 2 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20231001
20222002
20212012
20192012
20181001
20172012
19991011
19962011
19951001
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 7, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 14, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 5, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 16, 2022MO00Yes
Oct 12, 2022MS00Yes
Aug 13, 2021MO00Yes
Jun 15, 2021IL03Yes
Dec 11, 2019IL00Yes
Mar 21, 2019IL01Yes
Nov 28, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2017IL01Yes
Aug 3, 2017IL00Yes
Nov 1, 1999IL01Yes
Sep 24, 1996IL00Yes
May 30, 1996IL01No
Nov 16, 1995IL00Yes
Oct 11, 1991IL01Yes