Carrier profile · USDOT 131404 · MC-393246 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

KEYSTOPS LLC

DBA KEY OIL COMPANY

57 power unitsavg 6.5 yrRegional · 6 statesFRANKLIN, KY88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-393246 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 8.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

99 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 9

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
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 57-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
57
Inspections · 24 mo
102
Annualized
51 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
9%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 145 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 88 total · 6 in 24 mo

88
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
35
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252002
20241001
20233013
20224023
20211011
20205034
20191001
20185044
20176016
20164004
20155105
20144014
20134123
20124004
20112002
20103032
20093113
20083033
20072112
20063013
20052102
20041101
20032122
20022002
20012011
20004034
19991001
19984032
19972012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 13, 2026KY02Yes
Jan 12, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 12, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 7, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 7, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 15, 2024KY00Yes
Dec 22, 2023TN01Yes
Aug 15, 2023KY00Yes
May 2, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 28, 2022KY01Yes
Sep 30, 2022KY01No
May 18, 2022KY00Yes
Jan 6, 2022KY00Yes
May 24, 2021KY01Yes
Nov 23, 2020KY01No
Nov 11, 2020MD00Yes
Jul 31, 2020KY01Yes
Mar 3, 2020KY01Yes
Feb 7, 2020KY00Yes
Jul 26, 2019KY00Yes
Oct 24, 2018KY01Yes
Oct 19, 2018TN00Yes
Oct 12, 2018KY02No
Apr 23, 2018IN01Yes
Mar 22, 2018KY01Yes