Carrier profile · USDOT 2458116 · MC-849018 · Updated Aug 12, 2026

5 D's Transportation Inc

25 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 21 statesCOUNCIL BLUFFS, IA81/100
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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 28.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 93 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 6.1 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
93
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 3 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20243003
20232002
20222122
20202022
20192012
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 13, 2026MO00Yes
May 20, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024NE00Yes
May 17, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 23, 2024TX00Yes
May 19, 2023GA00Yes
Feb 16, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 11, 2022TN11Yes
Sep 28, 2022KS01Yes
Jun 2, 2020TN01Yes
Apr 21, 2020GA01Yes
Dec 15, 2019MO01Yes
Jun 18, 2019KS00Yes
Jan 20, 2016MO01Yes