KANDU GROUP

DOT# 3347820 Findlay, OH Authorized For-Hire
(419) 425-2638 destep@kandugroup.org 318 West Main Cross Street, Findlay OH 45840
18 power units · all owned 25 drivers
Intrastate Only
Strong
FRED Score 77.8 / 100
Low confidence
7 yrs history · 14 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
18
Drivers · CDL
25 · 0
Annual miles
211k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 2 0 0 2
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
10-18-2019 (7 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-20-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DEDRA ESTEP

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate operation

Runs within Ohio only. Intrastate fleets in Ohio are inspected about 1 a year for every 13 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.73×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.48× and out-of-service orders 0.51× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -11%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, May 2025 – Jun 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
14
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 14
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
—
no inspections
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Ohio (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 46% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 14 inspections, 0 out of service 14 Q2 '25
vs 2,534 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.016
Inspections 0.58 0.46
Violations 0.00 0.45
Critical violations 0.00 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • Ohio (HQ) 14