Carrier profile · USDOT 2839654 · MC-950864 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

KGZ Transport Corp

135 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 41 statesUNIVERSITY PARK, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-950864 ACTIVE
Verified linkskgztransport.comFMCSA 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 28.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 143 vehicle and 343 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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 4.3 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

340 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 21

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 135-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
135
Inspections · 24 mo
343
Annualized
≈172 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving134 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 32 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

20ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
8False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 17 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
2025110111
20247147
20238038
20225005
20214034
20203113
20192012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026IA00Yes
Jun 12, 2026WV00Yes
May 5, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 1, 2025CT00Yes
Nov 28, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 23, 2025NE00Yes
Nov 21, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 8, 2025IL01Yes
Aug 22, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 21, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 30, 2025KY00Yes
May 30, 2025IN00Yes
May 13, 2025FL00Yes
Mar 4, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 2, 2024IN01Yes
Sep 19, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 16, 2024MD00Yes
Apr 30, 2024NY02Yes
Feb 10, 2024CO00Yes
Jan 24, 2024AL01Yes
Jan 7, 2024AZ21Yes
Dec 3, 2023TN02Yes
Jul 24, 2023MA00Yes
Jul 19, 2023KY02Yes
Mar 18, 2023TN02Yes