Carrier profile · USDOT 701193 · MC-324895 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kustom Carriers Inc

18 power unitsavg 15.8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesABINGDON, VA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-324895 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 40.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · 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 37.3 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 5

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 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 27 total · 1 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20231001
20223023
20212012
20201001
20192002
20171011
20163013
20151001
20142011
20122002
20101001
20072012
20061001
20031010
20001011
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 13, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 25, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 28, 2023TN00Yes
Sep 13, 2022WV01Yes
Aug 11, 2022VA00Yes
Jun 17, 2022NC01Yes
Mar 15, 2021WV01Yes
Feb 10, 2021TN00Yes
Nov 12, 2020VA00Yes
Sep 6, 2019PA00Yes
Mar 12, 2019MN00Yes
Sep 29, 2017VA01Yes
Nov 4, 2016VA00Yes
Sep 27, 2016MS00Yes
Apr 28, 2016OH01Yes
Sep 22, 2015TN00Yes
Oct 8, 2014VA02No
Sep 25, 2014VA00Yes
May 31, 2012VA00Yes
Feb 8, 2012WV00Yes
Oct 8, 2010TN00Yes
Nov 6, 2007NJ02Yes
Jun 29, 2007VA00Yes
Nov 26, 2006VA00Yes
Jun 24, 2003PA01No