Kept Companies Inc
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
57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5
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
- 475
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 65
- Annualized
- ≈33 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving64 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 7 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 70 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 13, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 24, 2026 | TX | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2024 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2024 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2021 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2021 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2021 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2020 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2020 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |