Carrier profile · USDOT 2633428 · MC-916745 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

KEL TRANS INC

26 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 30 statesMOUNT PLEASANT, WI80/100
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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 45.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 130 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.1% · 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 14.1 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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 9

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
≈2.5 / 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
26
Inspections · 24 mo
130
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

94%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
73%
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 Driving70 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 30 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 3 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20242011
20222012
20211001
20203003
20193003
20181001
20171011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 26, 2026MT00Yes
Nov 10, 2025AR01Yes
Dec 9, 2024ND00Yes
Feb 3, 2024NM02No
Sep 20, 2022AR01Yes
Jun 25, 2022AZ00Yes
Oct 25, 2021FL00Yes
May 4, 2020AZ00Yes
Mar 20, 2020SD00Yes
Feb 2, 2020MI00Yes
Dec 4, 2019MO00Yes
May 17, 2019NC00Yes
Mar 6, 2019MT00Yes
Sep 10, 2018OR00Yes
May 19, 2017IN01Yes