Carrier profile · USDOT 2897825 · MC-974209 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KLF Transport Inc

14 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 19 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-974209 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
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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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

90 day failure to pay fine · ordered Jan 5, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 34.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 69 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

55.6% · 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 6.0 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
11%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
75%
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 Driving77 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 24 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

15 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 7 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255024
20247007
20233013
20224233
20212002
20201001
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2025AL01No
Apr 26, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 26, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 26, 2025CA01Yes
Jan 26, 2025AZ00Yes
Oct 16, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 12, 2024TX00Yes
May 15, 2024WA00Yes
Feb 22, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 26, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 22, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 18, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 4, 2023MS01Yes
May 17, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 23, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 19, 2022AZ01Yes
Nov 1, 2022NV02No
Feb 2, 2022NM16Yes
Jan 24, 2022NE10Yes
Sep 24, 2021CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2021MO00Yes
May 19, 2020WA00Yes
Feb 15, 2019WA00Yes