Carrier profile · USDOT 127355 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The G W Van Keppel Company

103 power unitsavg 11.9 yrRegional · 4 statesKANSAS CITY, KS88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 11.1%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 — 9 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 17.3 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 103-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
103
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 24 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 39 total · 2 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20241001
20232012
20223023
20213003
20201001
20195005
20181001
20171011
20162011
20152012
20141001
20091001
20081011
20064114
20052002
20042002
20021011
19992102
19951011
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 27, 2026AR00Yes
Feb 27, 2026AR00Yes
May 17, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 20, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 7, 2023KS01Yes
Nov 9, 2022AR00Yes
May 18, 2022IA01Yes
Apr 21, 2022KS01Yes
Oct 8, 2021MO00Yes
Feb 10, 2021IA00Yes
Feb 2, 2021OK00Yes
Oct 20, 2020OK00Yes
Jul 3, 2019OK00Yes
May 7, 2019MO00Yes
Apr 1, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2019MO00Yes
Jan 7, 2019KS00Yes
Jan 4, 2018OK00Yes
Feb 2, 2017KS01Yes
Feb 7, 2016TX01No
Jan 6, 2016OK00Yes
Dec 16, 2015MO00Yes
Aug 27, 2015MO01Yes
Jun 9, 2014KS00Yes
Nov 11, 2009KS00Yes