Kentucky Safety Report
Comprehensive motor carrier safety analysis combining FMCSA registration data with NHTSA fatality statistics for Kentucky.
Executive Summary
According to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), Kentucky recorded 814 traffic fatalities in 2023, representing a 12.3% decrease from the previous year, indicating improving safety conditions. Large trucks were involved in 114 of these incidents (14% of total fatalities). The state's fatality rate of 17.7 per 100,000 residents exceeds the national average of 12.4 per 100,000 residents by 5.3 points. Of the 82,319 registered motor carriers in Kentucky, 1,768 (2.1%) have crash incidents on record within the 24-month federal monitoring period.
Economic Context
Kentucky's $293 billion economy relies on efficient freight transportation across its major corridors, including I-65 (N-S) and I-75 (N-S). The state's trucking industry employs approximately 24,216 workers, contributing significantly to both local employment and interstate commerce.
Risk Analysis
Risk analysis identifies 10 carriers in Kentucky with elevated crash histories (4+ incidents in 24 months). The highest-risk carrier, MERCER TRANSPORTATION CO INC (USDOT 154712), has recorded 122 crashes during the monitoring period. Combined, these 10 carriers account for 372 of the state's 3194 total carrier-involved incidents—a disproportionate 11.6% of all crashes from just 0.01% of registered carriers. Shippers and freight brokers are advised to conduct thorough due diligence when engaging carriers with multiple incidents on record.
Kentucky Trucking Industry Overview
The trucking industry in Kentucky employs approximately 24,216 workers, contributing to the state's $293 billion GDP. Registered carriers operate a combined fleet of 1,883,099 power units with 761,163 active drivers. Key freight arteries include I-65 (N-S), I-75 (N-S), I-64 (E-W), which facilitate the movement of goods across state lines and to major distribution centers. The state's freight infrastructure supports both regional distribution and long-haul interstate commerce, making carrier safety a critical concern for public welfare and economic efficiency.
Top Cities by Carrier Concentration
Kentucky Motor Carrier Directory
Showing top 100 by incident volume| Carrier Identity | Crashes (24m) | Action |
|---|---|---|
| MERCER TRANSPORTATION CO INC DOT: 154712 • LOUISVILLE | 122 | VIEW REPORT |
| PASCHALL TRUCK LINES INC DOT: 105234 • MURRAY | 113 | VIEW REPORT |
| CREATION GARDENS INC DOT: 371005 • LOUISVILLE | 26 | VIEW REPORT |
| VASCOR TRANSPORT LTD DOT: 2514939 • GEORGETOWN | 19 | VIEW REPORT |
| UPS CARTAGE SERVICES INC DOT: 1310845 • HEBRON | 18 | VIEW REPORT |
| RELADYNE TRANSPORTATION LLC DOT: 35671 • HEBRON | 18 | VIEW REPORT |
| DAVIS H ELLIOT COMPANY INC DOT: 272760 • LEXINGTON | 15 | VIEW REPORT |
| DAVIS H ELLIOT COMPANY INCORPORATED DOT: 32765 • LEXINGTON | 14 | VIEW REPORT |
| TRANS PAPA LOGISTICS INC DOT: 1576998 • LOUISVILLE | 14 | VIEW REPORT |
| S & S FIRESTONE INC DOT: 271514 • LEXINGTON | 13 | VIEW REPORT |
| DASSLER DOMESTIC LOGISTICS INC DOT: 2398251 • LOUISVILLE | 13 | VIEW REPORT |
| BIH EXPRESS INC DOT: 1141826 • BOWLING GREEN | 13 | VIEW REPORT |
| TAZ TRUCKING INC DOT: 1268158 • BOWLING GREEN | 13 | VIEW REPORT |
| NEW DAIRY KENTUCKY LLC DOT: 995734 • LONDON | 12 | VIEW REPORT |
| BROTHERS TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 2123265 • NICHOLASVILLE | 12 | VIEW REPORT |
| AMERICAN WELDING & GAS INC DOT: 145402 • LEXINGTON | 11 | VIEW REPORT |
| STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL LLC DOT: 280534 • RUSSELL SPRINGS | 11 | VIEW REPORT |
| DHL EXPRESS USA INC DOT: 315026 • ERLANGER | 10 | VIEW REPORT |
| M & M CARTAGE CO INC DOT: 325199 • LOUISVILLE | 10 | VIEW REPORT |
| SUBURBAN TOWING INC DOT: 1065106 • LOUISVILLE | 10 | VIEW REPORT |
| WATKINS EXPRESS FREIGHT INC DOT: 804991 • HOPKINSVILLE | 10 | VIEW REPORT |
| THE WELLS GROUP LLC DOT: 284196 • WEST LIBERTY | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| MILLER TRANSPORTATION INC DOT: 203686 • LOUISVILLE | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| NALLS SPECIALIZED HAULING INC DOT: 738256 • ELIZABETHTOWN | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION COMPANY DOT: 230522 • LOUISVILLE | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| LEWIS TRANSPORT INC DOT: 225330 • COLUMBIA | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| MERDZIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC DOT: 2822101 • BOWLING GREEN | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| DARREL FANNIN TRUCKING LLC DOT: 1499075 • MAYSVILLE | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| ERVIN CABLE CONSTRUCTION LLC DOT: 484244 • STURGIS | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| HILL TRANSPORTATION INC DOT: 832498 • LOUISVILLE | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| WASTE CONNECTIONS OF KENTUCKY INC DOT: 1593272 • LILY | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| TS TRUCKING LLC DOT: 882903 • BOWLING GREEN | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| BALLARD INC DOT: 285335 • BARDSTOWN | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| FLOWERS BAKING CO OF BARDSTOWN LLC DOT: 2050510 • BARDSTOWN | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| COBB TRUCKING CO LLC DOT: 1582591 • LONDON | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| TRADE WINDS TRANSIT INC DOT: 283951 • BARDSTOWN | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| CORETRANS LLC DOT: 1054001 • SOMERSET | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| BROWN TRANSPORTATION INC DOT: 1407087 • PADUCAH | 8 | VIEW REPORT |
| 5 STAR ELECTRIC LLC DOT: 2782220 • CLAY | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| RJ CORMAN RAILROAD SERVICES LLC DOT: 923465 • NICHOLASVILLE | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| BLUEGRASS DEDICATED LLC DOT: 2159714 • BOWLING GREEN | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| SILVER CREEK TRANSPORTATION LLC DOT: 1835712 • HENDERSON | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| MR TRANS LLC DOT: 1349293 • BOWLING GREEN | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| ROGERS TRUCKING INC DOT: 105239 • COLUMBIA | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| B & C TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES LLC DOT: 1904316 • HENDERSON | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| ARMAN TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 1282568 • LOUISVILLE | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| AMA LOGISTICS LLC DOT: 3062023 • BOWLING GREEN | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| MOSBYS TOWING AND TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 2568205 • LOUISVILLE | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| WALBERT TRUCKING INC DOT: 105258 • GLASGOW | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| DAVID DUNCAN DOT: 994445 • DIXON | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| ARTS RENTAL EQUIPMENT INC DOT: 431354 • NEWPORT | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| PIZZA WHOLESALE OF LEXINGTON INC DOT: 479162 • PARIS | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| NEAT & WILSON INC DOT: 332626 • DUNNVILLE | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| GRASSLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL DOT: 3060832 • LOUISVILLE | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| SYSCO LOUISVILLE INC DOT: 90349 • LOUISVILLE | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| WASTE MANAGEMENT OF KENTUCKY LLC DOT: 92061 • LOUISVILLE | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| MEUTH CONSTRUCTION & SUPPLY INC DOT: 129015 • HENDERSON | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| PREMIER PACKAGING LLC DOT: 572215 • LOUISVILLE | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| PHOENIX TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC DOT: 554279 • GEORGETOWN | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| JEFF LEAR TRUCKING LLC DOT: 645696 • ELKTON | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| ON TIME LOGISTIC LLC DOT: 2116677 • BOWLING GREEN | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS LLC DOT: 2978931 • SHEPHERDSVILLE | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| BG XPRESS LLC DOT: 1317472 • BOWLING GREEN | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| READY MIX CONCRETE OF SOMERSET LLC DOT: 358422 • PARIS | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| HAYNES TRUCKING LLC DOT: 224863 • LEXINGTON | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| BRAY TRUCKING INC DOT: 90606 • ALEXANDRIA | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| L WATSON TRUCKING LLC DOT: 2340395 • LOUISVILLE | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| DTS LLC DOT: 2546588 • BOWLING GREEN | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| WILLIAM E GROVES CONSTRUCTION LLC DOT: 380588 • MADISONVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| KEYSTOPS LLC DOT: 131404 • FRANKLIN | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| MATERIAL TRANSFER COMPANY INC DOT: 595875 • LOUISVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| OTS LOGISTICS LLC DOT: 2641747 • RUSSELLVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS LLC DOT: 2267119 • ROCKFIELD | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| AGP TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 2839503 • SHEPHERDSVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| HOME CAB CO INC DOT: 279273 • MOUNT STERLING | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| NS EXPRESS LLC DOT: 2394678 • BOWLING GREEN | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| I LOAD LOGISTIC LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP DOT: 3436916 • BOWLING GREEN | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| E & Y TRANSPORT INC DOT: 2013484 • BURKESVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| DON BUCHANAN TRUCKING INC DOT: 220691 • MURRAY | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| WOODFORD EXCAVATION & TRANSPORT INC DOT: 646447 • VERSAILLES | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| JONATHAN GEORGE EXPEDITING LLC DOT: 1305327 • ELIZABETHTOWN | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| BRETT CHAPPELL TRUCKING INC DOT: 419295 • DAWSON SPRINGS | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| TERRY GOLLAR TRUCKING INC DOT: 322252 • LOUISVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| XX EXPRESS LLC DOT: 4255766 • LOUISVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| ELITE TRUCKING SERVICES LLC DOT: 583668 • MAYFIELD | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| MC TRANSPORTATION LLC DOT: 1927378 • LOUISVILLE | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY DOT: 111120 • PIKEVILLE | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| BOYD COMPANY DOT: 92117 • LOUISVILLE | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| BRANDEIS MACHINERY & SUPPLY COMPANY INC DOT: 105044 • LOUISVILLE | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| PEAK SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS INC DOT: 3236318 • LOUISVILLE | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| KENTUCKY CONTAINER SERVICE INC DOT: 215501 • LOUISVILLE | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| AS CARRIERS INC DOT: 2184631 • BOWLING GREEN | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| A & G TREE SERVICE INC DOT: 600112 • BOWLING GREEN | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| KENTUCKY HAULING INC DOT: 140261 • PARIS | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| RAJ HAULING INC DOT: 3128901 • LEXINGTON | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| SALLEE HORSE VANS INC DOT: 63096 • LEXINGTON | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| HINKLE CONTRACTING COMPANY LLC DOT: 257483 • PARIS | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| CIVIL LLC DOT: 3068488 • HARLAN | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| M & M SERVICES COMPANY INC DOT: 257552 • MT STERLING | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| CANDIDO'S INC DOT: 494524 • SOMERSET | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
Data Sources & Methodology
Last updated: 2026-02-24. Data refresh occurs monthly. Fatality counts represent all motor vehicle crashes, not exclusively commercial vehicle incidents.