Carrier profile · USDOT 108173 · MC-157240 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Kottke Trucking Inc

210 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 29 statesBUFFALO LAKE, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-157240 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskottke-trucking.comFMCSA 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 22.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 95 vehicle and 278 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 11.7 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

270 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 20

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 210-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
210
Inspections · 24 mo
278
Annualized
≈139 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving119 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 20 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

54ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 160 total · 10 in 24 mo

160
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
66
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20254024
20247027
20235024
2022110511
2021140314
20205225
2019100410
20183003
20173012
2016100310
20153113
20145015
20136016
20121001
20115005
20104034
20083033
20075035
20063013
20057146
20046035
20033013
20029059
20014024
20005023
19994022
19983023
19973023
19961011
19951010
19931011
19922021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 22, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 10, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 21, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 19, 2026FL01Yes
Dec 31, 2025MN01Yes
Aug 4, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 19, 2025MN00Yes
Apr 20, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 2, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 28, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 9, 2024TX00Yes
May 10, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 21, 2024FL00Yes
Feb 28, 2024FL01Yes
Dec 30, 2023FL01Yes
May 19, 2023FL00Yes
May 7, 2023TN00Yes
May 6, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 7, 2023TN02No
Dec 30, 2022FL01Yes
Dec 13, 2022FL02Yes
Nov 12, 2022FL00Yes
Oct 22, 2022TN00Yes
Sep 1, 2022GA00Yes