Carrier profile · USDOT 2318452 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Kelman Transport LLC

32 power unitsavg 10.9 yrRegional · 3 statesCOHOES, NY74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 57.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 56 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 17.1 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 32-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 32
Inspections · 24 mo: 56
Annualized: ≈28 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

30%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

76%

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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 14 OOS
393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	2	1	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	2	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 9, 2025	NY	0	1	Yes
Nov 14, 2023	MA	0	1	Yes
Jul 15, 2022	NY	0	1	Yes
Nov 16, 2021	NY	0	0	Yes
Sep 24, 2020	NY	1	0	No
Feb 7, 2020	NY	0	0	Yes
Jan 13, 2018	NY	0	0	Yes
May 15, 2017	NY	0	0	Yes
May 13, 2016	NY	0	0	Yes
Jan 8, 2015	NY	0	0	Yes
Aug 3, 2014	NY	0	0	Yes
Sep 24, 2013	NY	0	1	No
Jun 29, 2013	NY	0	0	Yes