Carrier profile · USDOT 1496662 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Windstream Communications LLC

DBA KINETIC

2,243 power unitsavg 4.6 yrMulti-region · 15 statesLITTLE ROCK, AR87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 32.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 76 vehicle and 116 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 20.2 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

112 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 10

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 2,243-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
2,243
Inspections · 24 mo
116
Annualized
≈58 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
48%
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 Driving79 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance49 · 16 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 19 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness8 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 18, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 59 total · 18 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
20258018
20248018
20239039
20225014
20211010
20203003
20181001
20163013
20152002
20142002
20136035
20122002
20111001
20101001
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026KY00Yes
May 29, 2026GA00Yes
May 19, 2026NC01Yes
Apr 8, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 2, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 24, 2026PA00Yes
Oct 22, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 22, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 4, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 24, 2025KY00Yes
Mar 21, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 27, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 11, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 21, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 10, 2024GA01Yes
Sep 9, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 3, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 1, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 3, 2024IA00Yes
May 21, 2024KY00Yes
Nov 29, 2023NC00Yes
Oct 30, 2023MO00Yes
Aug 16, 2023KY00Yes