Carrier profile · USDOT 304847 · MC-189592 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KING FREIGHT LINES LTD

48 power unitsavg 4.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesPICTOU, NS94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-189592 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 11.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 119 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.0% · 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 1.9 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

117 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 12

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
119
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252012
20242011
20231011
20214014
20201001
20181011
20171001
20162002
20141001
20121011
20111001
20091011
20022012
20001001
19992002
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026NC01Yes
May 29, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 16, 2025VA02Yes
Oct 18, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 20, 2024ME01No
Nov 22, 2023NC01Yes
Oct 28, 2021PA01Yes
Sep 20, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 10, 2021NY00Yes
Feb 24, 2021OH00Yes
Nov 10, 2020VA00Yes
Dec 13, 2018MD01Yes
Feb 20, 2017SC00Yes
May 28, 2016PA00Yes
Jan 19, 2016OH00Yes
Dec 18, 2014ME00Yes
Dec 2, 2012MI03Yes
Sep 17, 2011ME00Yes
Nov 13, 2009CT01Yes
Dec 1, 2002ME00Yes
Aug 23, 2002OK01Yes
Feb 7, 2000IN00Yes
Aug 4, 1999CT00Yes
Jun 11, 1999CO00Yes
Apr 12, 1997WI02Yes