Carrier profile · USDOT 146060 · MC-146969 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Stan Koch & Sons Trucking Inc

968 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 47 statesGOLDEN VALLEY, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-146969 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkskochcompanies.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 23.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 516 vehicle and 1,155 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.8% · 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 3.2 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

1,131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 69

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 968-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
968
Inspections · 24 mo
1,155
Annualized
≈578 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving440 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance163 · 143 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance108 · 21 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance106 · 38 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 9 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

71ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,158 total · 63 in 24 mo

1,158
Total crashes
63
In last 24 mo
36
Fatal
427
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026140313
20254021438
2024261624
20234401744
20225111850
20214021137
20204242239
20194331241
20185701854
20174712146
20164411839
20155721657
20145011748
20134611146
20124511344
20113501134
20104411242
20094231741
20084611744
20072801028
20062911227
2005210719
2004281526
20032811327
2002180817
20012731124
20002521219
19992511622
19982211119
19972201419
1996170816
19951801116
19942001117
19934112
199210027
19913011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026MN00Yes
Jun 19, 2026GA00Yes
May 15, 2026MO00Yes
May 11, 2026MT01Yes
Apr 21, 2026MN00Yes
Apr 20, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 24, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 5, 2026NC01No
Feb 11, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 5, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 27, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 13, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2026CA00Yes
Dec 26, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2025IL02No
Dec 18, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 17, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 6, 2025OR00Yes
Dec 4, 2025IN01Yes
Dec 1, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 27, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 12, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 11, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 7, 2025IN01Yes