Carrier profile · USDOT 1998214 · MC-705820 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Krystal Transport LLC

104 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 22 statesFORT WAYNE, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-705820 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskrystaltrans.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 29.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 275 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.1% · 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 4.9 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

264 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 19

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 104-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
104
Inspections · 24 mo
275
Annualized
≈138 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving104 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 38 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 45 total · 17 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268028
20259048
20244014
20234004
20221001
20212002
20203013
20182012
20173022
20161101
20152012
20143012
20132012
20121111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026MI01Yes
Jun 16, 2026AR01Yes
May 2, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 30, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 26, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 27, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 7, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 3, 2025IL01Yes
Oct 9, 2025TN01No
Sep 5, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 16, 2025AR01Yes
Jul 28, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 23, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 10, 2025TN00Yes
May 12, 2025MI02Yes
Apr 8, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 13, 2024MI01Yes
Jun 10, 2024PA00Yes
May 1, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 15, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 18, 2023OH00Yes
May 19, 2023MI00Yes
May 3, 2023AR00Yes
Apr 10, 2023MI00Yes