Carrier profile · USDOT 2808934 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kern High School District

90 power unitsavg 10.3 yrLocal · 1 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkskernhigh.orgFMCSA 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 1.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 594 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

2.9% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 1.6 pts 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

559 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 45

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
594
Annualized
≈297 / yr
Coverage
≈3.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
.14measure
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving106 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.24 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 929 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20243013
20238147
20221001
20211001
20201011
20194014
20181001
20171001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 4, 2026CA00Yes
Feb 25, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 2, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 16, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 6, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 13, 2023CA01Yes
Dec 6, 2023CA01Yes
Sep 27, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 8, 2023CA01No
Aug 24, 2023CA13Yes
Aug 17, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 16, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2020CA01Yes
Oct 8, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 27, 2019CA02Yes
Mar 12, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2019CA00Yes
Aug 16, 2018CA00Yes
May 2, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 15, 2016CA00Yes