Kohler Transport 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
128 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 13
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
- 92
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 134
- Annualized
- ≈67 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 77 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2026 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2023 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2023 | VA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2023 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 12, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2022 | SC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2021 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2021 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2018 | OK | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2018 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |