Keltic Transportation Incorporated
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
122 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 14
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
- 95
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 128
- Annualized
- ≈64 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 5 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 57 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2020 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2019 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2018 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2018 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2018 | NJ | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2018 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2017 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2016 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 1, 2015 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2015 | ME | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 26, 2014 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2014 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2013 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2012 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2012 | PA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2011 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2011 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2010 | NC | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2010 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2009 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |