Carrier profile · USDOT 430031 · MC-520004 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kinder Morgan Inc

DBA KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS

341 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 17 statesHOUSTON, TX75/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-520004 STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
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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 27.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 62 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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

60 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 6

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 341-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
341
Inspections · 24 mo
62
Annualized
≈31 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 110 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232002
20221011
20212022
20201011
20181001
20161011
20072012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 1, 2023MS00Yes
Aug 3, 2022AL01Yes
Oct 27, 2021TX01Yes
Jul 9, 2021AL01Yes
Apr 29, 2020KY02Yes
Sep 19, 2018LA00Yes
Mar 11, 2016KS02Yes
Nov 2, 2007AR01Yes
Feb 12, 2007OH00Yes