Carrier profile · USDOT 2529497 · MC-878891 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

KEL LOGISTICS INC

66 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 40 statesBURR RIDGE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-878891 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkskellogistics.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 27.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 134 vehicle and 279 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.5% · 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 5.2 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

266 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 16

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
66
Inspections · 24 mo
279
Annualized
≈140 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
66%
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 Driving146 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance56 · 44 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance27 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
19False logs
7Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 53 total · 7 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264104
20251001
20243003
20234134
20227017
20212012
20208018
20197017
20188037
20173003
20165005
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 5, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 2, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 18, 2026GA10Yes
Jan 9, 2026MO00Yes
Aug 3, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 9, 2024WY00Yes
Sep 20, 2024OR00Yes
Jul 4, 2024NM00Yes
Oct 27, 2023NE11Yes
Jun 10, 2023TX03Yes
May 23, 2023IN03Yes
Mar 16, 2023NE00Yes
Dec 13, 2022ND00Yes
Oct 11, 2022WA01Yes
Aug 24, 2022MT00Yes
Apr 12, 2022WY00Yes
Mar 30, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 26, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 24, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 15, 2021WY00Yes
Jan 13, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 29, 2020WI00Yes
Aug 15, 2020SD00Yes
Jun 25, 2020OR00Yes
Apr 2, 2020ND00Yes