KOLD TRANS LLC
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
4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2
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
- 1
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 4
- Annualized
- ≈2 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈2.0 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.26 ELD — required data elementsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.34 ELD — malfunction proceduresHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 7, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 40 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2022 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2022 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2022 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2021 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 6, 2021 | LA | 0 | 7 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2021 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2020 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2020 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2019 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2018 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2018 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |