Carrier profile · USDOT 910083 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Keefe Group LLC

DBA KEEFE GROUP

76 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 21 statesST LOUIS, MO94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkskeefegroup.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 4.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 153 vehicle and 207 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.3% · 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 2.1 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

199 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 15

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 76-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
76
Inspections · 24 mo
207
Annualized
≈104 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
11%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness10 · 5 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 5 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253012
20243022
20223032
20191001
20092012
20081001
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 29, 2026GA00Yes
Oct 23, 2025NJ01No
Mar 19, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 3, 2025MA00Yes
Oct 2, 2024MD00Yes
Jun 3, 2024FL07No
Apr 8, 2024MD02Yes
Oct 24, 2022MD02No
Sep 26, 2022NY01Yes
Sep 7, 2022MA01Yes
Nov 13, 2019NJ00Yes
Sep 15, 2009GA00Yes
Jun 9, 2009NJ04Yes
Oct 31, 2008MA00Yes
May 29, 2000OH00Yes