Carrier profile · USDOT 2474637 · MC-857491 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

KENNETH HOWARD

DBA KENNETH HOWARD TRUCKING

22 power unitsLocal · 1 statesCIRCLEVILLE, OH79/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-857491 ACTIVE
Verified linksFMCSA 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 100.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 22-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
30measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 9 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 7 total · 1 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20203023
20171011
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 7, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 2, 2024OH00Yes
Oct 15, 2020OH00Yes
May 19, 2020OH01Yes
Feb 11, 2020OH02Yes
Oct 11, 2017OH01Yes
Oct 10, 2016OH01Yes