Carrier profile · USDOT 2858432 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KNG Transportation

74 power unitsavg 6.3 yrLocal · 1 statesGARDINER, ME88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 7.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 57 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 10.1 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 74-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
74
Inspections · 24 mo
57
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 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
68%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
13%
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 Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 86 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 6 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253122
20243013
20223003
20213021
20201011
20191001
20182022
20171010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026ME00Yes
Dec 2, 2025ME01No
Jul 28, 2025ME10Yes
Jan 20, 2025ME01Yes
Oct 16, 2024ME00Yes
Sep 19, 2024ME01Yes
Jan 26, 2024ME00Yes
Jul 4, 2022ME00Yes
Jan 17, 2022ME00Yes
Jan 7, 2022ME00Yes
Oct 8, 2021ME01No
Aug 13, 2021ME01No
Jul 27, 2021ME00Yes
Jun 29, 2020ME02Yes
May 21, 2019ME00Yes
Dec 10, 2018ME02Yes
May 21, 2018ME01Yes
Jul 31, 2017ME01No