Carrier profile · USDOT 3171739 · MC-118907 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Kind Transport Inc

94 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 24 statesMUNSTER, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-118907 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 38.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 71 vehicle and 166 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.2% · 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 20.1 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

161 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 10

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 94-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
94
Inspections · 24 mo
166
Annualized
≈83 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving82 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 29 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
20False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 6 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254014
20243003
20221001
20211001
20202012
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 11, 2026PA01Yes
Dec 22, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025MI01Yes
Sep 26, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 24, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 12, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 29, 2024MN00Yes
Mar 19, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 30, 2022TN00Yes
Jun 11, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 16, 2020IL01Yes
Apr 28, 2020FL00Yes
Jul 27, 2019AR00Yes