Carrier profile · USDOT 227462 · MC-178972 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Krueger Trucking Inc

19 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 22 statesAUSTIN, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178972 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskruegertrans.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 17.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 62 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.6 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 Feb '26 · 5

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
62
Annualized
≈31 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 31 total · 4 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20242002
20231001
20222002
20204004
20182022
20163003
20151001
20142022
20132002
20112012
20101001
20094124
20061001
20041001
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026NJ01No
Apr 21, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 4, 2024WI00Yes
Sep 30, 2024MN00Yes
Dec 14, 2023KS00Yes
Dec 20, 2022IA00Yes
Apr 11, 2022MN00Yes
Jul 23, 2020MO00Yes
Jan 29, 2020WY00Yes
Jan 15, 2020IA00Yes
Jan 15, 2020IA00Yes
Jul 5, 2018MN01Yes
May 2, 2018IL03Yes
Dec 26, 2016MO00Yes
Jul 21, 2016MN00Yes
Jun 17, 2016IL00Yes
Jul 8, 2015IA00Yes
Sep 15, 2014IL01Yes
Jun 23, 2014UT02Yes
Oct 21, 2013MN00Yes
Aug 8, 2013GA00Yes
Sep 30, 2011TX00Yes
Aug 4, 2011WI01Yes
Mar 26, 2010TN00Yes
Dec 13, 2009IN22Yes