Carrier profile · USDOT 291412 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KENTUCKY POWER COMANY

DBA AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER

152 power unitsavg 6 yrRegional · 3 statesASHLAND, KY100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 3.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 93 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 10

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 152-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
152
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 185 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20222102
20202012
20191001
20132012
20123023
20091011
20041011
20021011
20011011
19971001
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2022KY10Yes
Feb 22, 2022KY00Yes
Jul 14, 2020KY01Yes
Mar 3, 2020KY00Yes
May 16, 2019KY00Yes
Nov 21, 2013OH02Yes
Sep 13, 2013KY00Yes
Nov 2, 2012KY00Yes
Apr 5, 2012KY02Yes
Mar 8, 2012KY01Yes
Jun 22, 2009KY02Yes
Feb 23, 2004KY01Yes
Sep 10, 2002KY01Yes
Oct 25, 2001KY01Yes
Sep 3, 1997KY00Yes
Sep 23, 1994KY00Yes