Carrier profile · USDOT 593718 · MC-286915 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Kivi Bros Trucking Inc

278 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 44 statesDULUTH, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-286915 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskivibros.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 23.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 242 vehicle and 550 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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

543 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 40

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 278-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
278
Inspections · 24 mo
550
Annualized
≈275 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving296 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 36 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
12False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 127 total · 17 in 24 mo

127
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
45
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20255025
2024150314
2023170717
2022140714
20219019
2020141814
2019150914
20188058
20174004
20161011
20152002
20143003
20133203
20121001
20103013
20092002
20061001
20051001
20043003
20021011
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026MN00Yes
May 3, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 22, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2026TX00Yes
Aug 19, 2025WI00Yes
Aug 4, 2025VA01Yes
Jun 25, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 11, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 18, 2025WI01Yes
Dec 16, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 14, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 14, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 2, 2024FL01No
Oct 23, 2024NM00Yes
Sep 20, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 22, 2024IL01Yes
Aug 22, 2024IA00Yes
May 8, 2024KY00Yes
May 8, 2024MN00Yes
Apr 1, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 12, 2024IA00Yes
Feb 29, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2024IA01Yes
Dec 26, 2023TX00Yes