Carrier profile · USDOT 2941667 · MC-994971 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Key Carrier Group Company

DBA KEY CARRIER

45 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 26 statesGARY, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-994971 ACTIVE
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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 37.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 27.5 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 8

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
73
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 5 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20241010
20231011
20224004
20214004
20202002
20191011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 18, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 11, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 10, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 14, 2025NC02Yes
Dec 12, 2024VA01No
Jul 26, 2023GA01Yes
Dec 16, 2022AL00Yes
Dec 13, 2022NC00Yes
Apr 7, 2022MO00Yes
Feb 17, 2022IN00Yes
Dec 2, 2021MN00Yes
Oct 17, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 20, 2021NC00Yes
Jul 25, 2021TN00Yes
Dec 29, 2020MO00Yes
Aug 4, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 25, 2019TX01Yes