Kiowa Line Builders Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 121
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 5
- Annualized
- ≈3 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2024 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2018 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 17, 2018 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2018 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2017 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2016 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 19, 2016 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2015 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2010 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |