Knife River Corporation-northwest
DBA KNIFE RIVER
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
38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4
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
- 414
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 39
- Annualized
- ≈20 / 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 21, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 129 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2025 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2025 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2024 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2022 | OR | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2021 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2021 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2021 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2021 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2021 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2020 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2020 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |