KE CARRIERS LLC

DOT# 4152046 MC# 1594106 Lyons, KS Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(620) 257-2300 mchisam@kansasethanol.net 1700 E Highway 56, Lyons KS 67554-8813
11 tractors · all owned 20 drivers 1.1M mi/yr · ~99k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
3 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
11
Drivers · CDL
20 · 20
Annual miles
1.1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 11 0 0 11
Trailers 15 0 0 15

Registration

Registered
11-01-2023 (3 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-18-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
WHITNEY BERGKAMP
Officer
MICHAEL CHISAM

Cargo

53.2
medium risk
General Freight Other: ROCK Grain/Feed/Hay
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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

11 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate 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 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

80% likely range 0.43×–1.65×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.6

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-8 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (11 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.6 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.42×, out-of-service orders 0.43× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.66× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -17%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – May 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
82% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
3
0 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Kansas (about 10 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 14,144 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.091 0.034
Inspections 0.73 1.23
Violations 0.14 0.97
Critical violations 0.05 0.18

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

What they get cited for

3 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Mar
    16
    2025
    Kansas
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · The Cincinnati Insurance Company
on record since Dec 19, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2023
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY → The Cincinnati Insurance Company (Dec 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Dec 27, 2023)

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
  • Kansas (HQ) 11