KY TRUCK LINES LLC

DBA: KTL

DOT# 2832876 MC# 946938 Horse Cave, KY Authorized For-Hire
(270) 975-0300 ktltruck@yahoo.com 1104 S Dixie St, Horse Cave KY 42749
24 tractors 24 drivers 1.4M mi/yr · ~59k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 59.6 / 100
Moderate confidence
11 yrs history · 43 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
24
Drivers · CDL
24 · 21
Annual miles
1.4M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 19 5 0 24
Trailers 20 7 0 27

Registration

Registered
12-16-2015 (11 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-24-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
VELDIN KUDIC

Cargo

57.1
medium risk
Household Goods Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls General Freight Building Materials Beverages US Mail Paper Products Utility Farm Supplies Construction Garbage/Refuse Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is about the same as similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.94×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.9 vs 1.0 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.9
Similar fleets
1.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.36× and out-of-service orders 1.26× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +12%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Brakes and tires
    Brakes are 10 of 43 violations (23%). Brake or tire defects led to 9 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    46.7% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (7 of 15). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.26× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
  • Unsafe driving
    Cited 3 for phone use.
    Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.3% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
43
49% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
46.7%
7 of 15
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.3%
1 of 43
National avg 6.7%
Violations
43
13 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Kentucky (about 25 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.021 0.029
Inspections 1.21 1.11
Violations 0.90 0.77
Critical violations 0.33 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

43 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    22 · 12 OOS
    Brakes 10 · Tires 5 · Lights 4 · Cargo securement 1 · Steering & suspension 1 · 1 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    11 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 4 · Phone use 3 · Seat belt 2 · Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    10 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 6 · Over hours limit 2 · False log 1 · No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Feb
    17
    2025
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Daylight.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$750,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
on record since May 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2022
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. → UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY (May 2026); FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Apr 2025); PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY → FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2024)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Apr 9, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 2, 2025)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Florida 11
  • Georgia 10
  • New York 6
  • Tennessee 5
  • Kentucky (HQ) 3
  • Texas 3
  • Louisiana 2
  • Alabama 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 3 of 43 inspections were in Kentucky.