Carrier profile · USDOT 215522 · MC-161777 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Marvin Keller Trucking Inc

91 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 18 statesSULLIVAN, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161777 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksmarvinkeller.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 20.8%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 — 106 vehicle and 260 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.0% · 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 10.5 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

254 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 91-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
91
Inspections · 24 mo
260
Annualized
≈130 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 112 total · 6 in 24 mo

112
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20253003
20243013
20234024
20229119
20217027
20202002
20198138
20185015
20172002
20165015
20153012
20147036
20136236
20123013
20118047
20102002
20091001
20081001
20077007
20068037
20052112
20045125
20031011
20024013
20011011
20001011
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 10, 2026KY01Yes
May 20, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 19, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 15, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 27, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 11, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 14, 2024GA01Yes
Jun 6, 2024KS00Yes
May 22, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 14, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 26, 2023SC03Yes
May 25, 2023GA01Yes
Jan 14, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 16, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 5, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 5, 2022AR10Yes
May 28, 2022IL02Yes
May 15, 2022TN00Yes
Mar 29, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 4, 2022TN00Yes
Jan 20, 2022WY00Yes
Jan 3, 2022PA00Yes
Sep 3, 2021IL02Yes
Jun 22, 2021OK00Yes
Mar 15, 2021IL00Yes