Carrier profile · USDOT 45614 · MC-44913 · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Koski Trucking Inc

45 power unitsavg 7.8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesHURLOCK, MD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-44913 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskoski.wsFMCSA SAFER

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 10.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.0 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

60 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7

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
0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 45-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
30 / yr
Coverage
0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 15, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 46 total · 3 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253022
20241001
20231011
20221010
20213013
20191001
20183023
20171001
20163023
20141111
20121001
20111001
20102002
20062012
20041011
20021001
20013013
19993033
19981001
19975053
19964014
19952022
19942012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 8, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 8, 2025MD01Yes
Mar 5, 2025DE03No
Jun 27, 2024DE00Yes
Feb 15, 2023DE01Yes
Feb 2, 2022DE01No
May 24, 2021MD00Yes
Mar 16, 2021NY00Yes
Feb 8, 2021DE01Yes
Dec 3, 2019PA00Yes
Nov 15, 2018MD00Yes
Jul 13, 2018MD01Yes
Feb 6, 2018VA02Yes
Feb 20, 2017DE00Yes
Oct 25, 2016PA02Yes
Apr 14, 2016MD01Yes
Mar 4, 2016MD00Yes
Jul 22, 2014MD11Yes
Nov 13, 2012DE00Yes
Sep 9, 2011AL00Yes
Nov 16, 2010DE00Yes
Apr 30, 2010MD00Yes
May 17, 2006DE01Yes
Mar 10, 2006MD00Yes
Feb 18, 2004DE01Yes