Carrier profile · USDOT 2352168 · MC-805371 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KTL Inc

DBA KTL

114 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 25 statesCARMEL, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-805371 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksktlinc.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 27.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 91 vehicle and 247 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.8% · 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

242 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 18

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 114-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
114
Inspections · 24 mo
247
Annualized
≈124 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving155 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance49 · 34 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance31 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance31 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

104 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

80ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
9Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 58 total · 9 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254014
20244024
20238047
20225025
2021120411
20206136
20197227
20186026
20172022
20153013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 1, 2026LA01Yes
Oct 28, 2025FL01Yes
Aug 31, 2025IL00Yes
May 8, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 10, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 26, 2024GA01Yes
Nov 19, 2024GA02Yes
Nov 10, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 22, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 23, 2023TN01Yes
Sep 5, 2023FL02No
Jul 19, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 5, 2023IL00Yes
May 25, 2023FL02Yes
May 5, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 15, 2023MO02Yes
Mar 8, 2023KS00Yes
Oct 27, 2022IL00Yes
Sep 22, 2022IN00Yes
Aug 22, 2022AR01Yes
Jul 13, 2022TX03Yes
Apr 8, 2022IA00Yes
Dec 29, 2021IL00Yes
Oct 19, 2021PA00Yes
Oct 4, 2021NC01Yes