KVN TRANSPORT INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 21.7% (24-mo)92 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.6% (24-mo)122 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

20.8% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 25.3 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
5.2 / 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
12
Inspections · 24 mo
124
Annualized
62 / yr
Coverage
5.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

98%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
66%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving33 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6

ELD & hours-of-service

61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/12/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
31False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 5 total · 5 in 24 mo

5
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20241011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
06/02/2026OR02Yes
12/28/2025WY00Yes
10/29/2025CA01Yes
03/08/2025CA00Yes
12/09/2024AZ01Yes