Carrier profile · USDOT 120682 · MC-134235 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Kuhnle Brothers Inc

282 power unitsavg 12.3 yrNational · 30 statesNEWBURY, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-134235 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkskuhnlebrothers.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 17.4%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 — 115 vehicle and 177 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.9% · 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 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

170 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 282-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
282
Inspections · 24 mo
177
Annualized
≈89 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving103 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 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.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 163 total · 9 in 24 mo

163
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
65
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255045
2024130513
2023140613
20229019
20219049
20208047
20197027
20187026
20178027
20164023
20151001
20144024
20133023
20124033
20112002
20105115
20091001
20082002
20071001
20063023
20054014
20044033
20032011
20024022
20015124
20004023
19997137
19975024
19968028
19953013
19944022
19921011
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 3, 2026KY01Yes
Nov 3, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 19, 2025OH03Yes
Aug 14, 2025OH02Yes
May 3, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 10, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 2, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 15, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 26, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 1, 2024OH00Yes
Jul 23, 2024NJ00Yes
Jun 17, 2024IN00Yes
May 22, 2024PA02Yes
Apr 15, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 4, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 3, 2024WV01Yes
Mar 21, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 16, 2024OH03Yes
Jan 2, 2024OH01Yes
Nov 13, 2023NY00Yes
Aug 10, 2023OH01Yes
Jul 19, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 17, 2023OH01Yes
Jul 14, 2023PA00Yes
Jun 28, 2023OH00Yes