Carrier profile · USDOT 168879 · MC-276412 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kness Trucking Inc

1 power unitavg 11 yrLocal · 2 statesCHADWICK, IL50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-276412 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. One window of data — no trend yet. 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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 1-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 2
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

4.75measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 3 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	0
2009	1	0	1	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2003	5	0	2	4
1998	1	0	0	1
1997	1	1	1	1
1994	1	0	0	1
1993	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 24, 2018	IL	0	0	Yes
May 24, 2017	IL	0	0	Yes
Jan 19, 2016	PA	0	1	No
Apr 2, 2009	IL	0	1	Yes
Dec 21, 2007	IL	0	0	Yes
Jun 13, 2005	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 7, 2004	NC	0	0	Yes
Nov 26, 2003	MI	0	0	Yes
Oct 22, 2003	IL	0	0	Yes
Sep 9, 2003	IL	0	0	Yes
Aug 7, 2003	IN	0	1	Yes
May 11, 2003	IA	0	1	No
Jul 29, 1998	IL	0	0	Yes
Dec 3, 1997	IL	1	1	Yes
Sep 22, 1994	IL	0	0	Yes
Aug 11, 1993	IL	0	1	Yes
Apr 25, 1993	IL	0	0	Yes