Carrier profile · USDOT 722966 · MC-331508 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kudos Transportation Inc

29 power unitsavg 17 yrRegional · 5 statesCALEXICO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-331508 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskudostransportation.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 17.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 235 vehicle and 273 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.5% · 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 2.2 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

285 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 31

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
≈5.0 / 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
29
Inspections · 24 mo
288
Annualized
≈144 / yr
Coverage
≈5.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving60 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 13 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 9 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

15ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20241001
20231001
20211001
20202002
20182012
20161001
20112012
20052112
20033003
20001101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 22, 2026CA02Yes
Jul 15, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 30, 2024AZ00Yes
Apr 17, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 23, 2021CA00Yes
Apr 22, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 18, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 6, 2018CA00Yes
Feb 9, 2018CA01Yes
May 2, 2016CA00Yes
Mar 16, 2011CA01Yes
Mar 7, 2011CA00Yes
Apr 28, 2005CA02Yes
Feb 7, 2005CA10Yes
Jun 24, 2003CA00Yes
Jun 13, 2003CA00Yes
Mar 18, 2003CA00Yes
Jun 14, 2000CA10Yes