Carrier profile · USDOT 2641210 · MC-920445 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KSM Carrier Group Inc

135 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 38 statesGLENWOOD, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-920445 ACTIVE
Verified linksksmcarriergroup.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 23.4%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 — 111 vehicle and 240 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

237 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 16

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 135-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
135
Inspections · 24 mo
240
Annualized
≈120 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving121 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 32 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 10 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20255055
20244023
2023100210
20225135
20214024
20204004
20191001
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 8, 2026OK01Yes
Feb 28, 2026WI00Yes
Feb 13, 2026OH01Yes
Jan 23, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 18, 2025CT01Yes
Nov 11, 2025CT01Yes
Aug 22, 2025MO01Yes
Mar 26, 2025KY01Yes
Mar 19, 2025IL01Yes
Nov 11, 2024TX01No
Jul 8, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 23, 2024IN01Yes
Mar 22, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 29, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 28, 2023KS00Yes
Oct 7, 2023OH01Yes
May 13, 2023IA00Yes
May 9, 2023IL00Yes
May 7, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 13, 2023OH00Yes
Mar 13, 2023OK01Yes
Mar 10, 2023NC00Yes
Jan 16, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2022NC02Yes
Jul 22, 2022WI00Yes