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DBA AMERICAN WHOLESALE BOOK COMPANY
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 19
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 29
- Annualized
- ≈15 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 4 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 42 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2026 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2021 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2019 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2017 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 15, 2017 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2016 | AL | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2015 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2015 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 20, 2015 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2014 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2013 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2013 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2012 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2011 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |