Carrier profile · USDOT 199521 · MC-156973 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

THOMAS E KELLER TRUCKING INC

DBA KELLER TRUCKING

315 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 21 statesDEFIANCE, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-156973 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 12.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 105 vehicle and 247 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.0% · 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 6.4 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

232 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 16

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 315-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
315
Inspections · 24 mo
247
Annualized
≈124 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving124 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 165 total · 22 in 24 mo

165
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
56
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
2025140314
2024120312
2023140314
20228018
20216105
20207017
2019181618
20186026
20176025
20165124
20158018
20142021
20133012
20124043
20112002
20102012
20094004
20085024
20075044
20065034
20053013
20044014
20031001
20026143
20012011
20001010
19992111
19981011
19971010
19961001
19951010
19941010
19931010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2026OH01Yes
Jun 10, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 28, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 29, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 29, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 14, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 10, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 3, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 5, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 22, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 20, 2025WV00Yes
Jun 18, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 7, 2025OH02Yes
Jun 4, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 25, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 4, 2025AR01Yes
Dec 16, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2024IN01Yes
Aug 16, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 8, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 11, 2024PA00Yes
May 28, 2024OH00Yes
May 26, 2024IN01Yes