Carrier profile · USDOT 1112224 · MC-455211 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kerkhoff Trucking Inc

7 power unitsavg 15.7 yrLocal · 2 statesMORGAN, MN100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-455211 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 6 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 Sep '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.

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 7-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%

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

15.2measure

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 7 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2021	1	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	1	1	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 4, 2021	MN	0	2	Yes
Apr 30, 2019	MN	0	1	Yes
Oct 22, 2018	MN	0	0	Yes
May 20, 2017	MN	0	1	Yes
Dec 8, 2016	MN	1	0	Yes
Apr 23, 2015	MN	0	0	Yes
Jun 25, 2011	MN	0	0	Yes
Aug 24, 2010	MN	0	0	Yes
May 22, 2009	SD	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2007	MN	0	0	Yes
Apr 21, 2004	MN	0	0	Yes