Koch Carriers Inc
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
39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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
- 38
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 41
- Annualized
- ≈21 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 13 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2026 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2024 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 13, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2019 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2017 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2016 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2015 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2014 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2014 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2014 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2014 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |