KEENE CARRIERS INC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 34
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 51
- Annualized
- ≈26 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving77
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 12/16/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 49 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/06/2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/11/2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/30/2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/06/2022 | SC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| 03/16/2022 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/27/2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/17/2020 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 04/09/2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/19/2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/27/2018 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/21/2017 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/10/2017 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/29/2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/03/2017 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/16/2017 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/13/2016 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/11/2016 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/01/2016 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/29/2016 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/29/2015 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/05/2012 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/20/2012 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/21/2012 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/23/2012 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/12/2012 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |