Carrier profile · USDOT 582902 · MC-321246 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pete Klein Trucking Inc

13 power unitsavg 13.1 yrMulti-region · 8 statesROCK RAPIDS, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-321246 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
4measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 3 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20241001
20221001
20212022
20202002
20193022
20162002
20151011
20143113
20131001
20101011
20091011
20082012
20061101
20012102
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026IA00Yes
Oct 9, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 6, 2025MT00Yes
May 22, 2024IA00Yes
May 9, 2022IA00Yes
Jul 8, 2021OH01Yes
Jun 11, 2021IA01Yes
Nov 19, 2020OH00Yes
Mar 2, 2020MN00Yes
Sep 17, 2019IA00Yes
Feb 16, 2019IA01No
Feb 15, 2019IA01Yes
Dec 6, 2016PA00Yes
Mar 22, 2016MN00Yes
Nov 2, 2015KS02Yes
May 23, 2014NJ00Yes
May 23, 2014NJ00Yes
May 20, 2014NE31Yes
Jul 8, 2013IA00Yes
Oct 27, 2010MN01Yes
Mar 19, 2009IA01Yes
Oct 3, 2008IA00Yes
Jun 11, 2008IA01Yes
Jan 16, 2006IA10Yes
Sep 29, 2001IA20Yes