Carrier profile · USDOT 267337 · MC-189153 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kersten Trucking Inc

11 power unitsLocal · 1 statesGRETNA, NE50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-189153 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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 11-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: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 2
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

4measure

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.

393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 2 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	3	0	1	3
2023	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2012	2	0	2	1
2008	3	1	1	3
2005	1	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1	1
2000	1	0	0	1
1997	2	0	2	1
1996	1	0	0	1
1994	3	0	2	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 23, 2025	NE	0	0	Yes
Oct 27, 2025	NE	0	2	Yes
Apr 7, 2025	NE	0	0	Yes
May 30, 2023	NE	0	0	Yes
Mar 17, 2020	NE	0	4	Yes
Sep 27, 2016	NE	0	1	Yes
Nov 4, 2014	NE	0	1	Yes
Apr 11, 2012	NE	0	1	Yes
Feb 9, 2012	NE	0	1	No
Aug 27, 2008	NE	1	1	Yes
Jul 30, 2008	NE	0	0	Yes
Jul 10, 2008	NE	0	0	Yes
Nov 30, 2005	NE	0	1	Yes
May 19, 2003	NE	0	1	Yes
Oct 11, 2002	NE	0	1	Yes
Feb 22, 2000	NE	0	0	Yes
Dec 2, 1997	NE	0	1	Yes
Sep 8, 1997	NE	0	1	No
Jun 24, 1996	NE	0	0	Yes
Apr 18, 1994	NE	0	2	Yes
Apr 9, 1994	NE	0	1	No
Apr 4, 1994	NE	0	0	Yes