Carrier profile · USDOT 2581622 · MC-903996 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Dau Transportation Inc

17 power unitsavg 15.2 yrRegional · 3 statesFULSHEAR, TX80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-903996 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

19 observed · MCS-150

23Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

15.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(713) 876-1694 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average44.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes6 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo44.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

15.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

59 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 44.44% on 36 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
5 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Dec 23, 2025.

Safety

36 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 44.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 5

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 36
Annualized: ≈18 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance57 · 16 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Hallmark County’15–’18

Sentry Select’21–’24

Worth’25–now

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · WORTH INSURANCE CO · since Mar 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WORTH INSURANCE CO	Mar 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Mar 2025	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2021 → Mar 2024	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Mar 2021	$750K	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Mar 2019 → Mar 2020	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2018 → Mar 2019	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Mar 2018	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 19
Trailers (towed): 23

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

15.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

74.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Texas: 34 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections

Home base

FULSHEAR, TX

5515 CREST VIEW TERRACE CT

Most inspections: TX

34 inspections

TX 34 · LA 1

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 551712Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (18 trucks · 21 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 690147 USDOT 959982 USDOT 1143006 USDOT 3811713 USDOT 4243322 USDOT 225540 USDOT 3338849 USDOT 1815194

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 5515 CREST VIEW TERRACE CT, FULSHEAR, TX, 77441
Mailing address: PO BOX 0865, FULSHEAR, TX, 77441
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (713) 876-1694
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: dautransportation.com

Registration

Officer: Nguyet Vivian Dau
USDOT / docket: 2581622 · MC-903996
First registered: Feb 18, 2015
Last MCS-150: Oct 3, 2025 · 1,348,821 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,348,821

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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44%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

16 of 36 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

115violation records

22OOS-tagged records

16 of 36inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Other vehicle maintenance

4124%10 / 41

Lights

3628%10 / 36

Brakes

225%1 / 22

Unsafe driving

140%0 / 14

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

100%

15%

30%

38%Nov 24 to May 253 / 8

100%May 25 to Nov 254 / 4

38%Nov 25 to May 265 / 13

36%May 26 to Nov 264 / 11

Top 3 codes (30 of 115 records)

393.9 Inoperative required lamps16
393.207A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)7
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps7

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392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components5
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing4
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)4
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators4
393.60C Windshield / glazing4
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.45DLPC Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.55D1 Antilock brake system (ABS)3
393.9H Inoperative required lamps3
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak3
390.21(a) USDOT number marking on vehicle2
393.45B2PC Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.78 Windshield wipers2
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9BRKLAMP Inoperative required lamps2
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection2
396.3A1B Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
390.21(g)(2) USDOT number marking on vehicle1
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.201A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207E Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.26 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.28 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.55D2 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.60E-WS Windshield / glazing1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.83G Exhaust system1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1BL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for DAU TRANSPORTATION INC.

DAU TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2581622) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from WORTH INSURANCE CO effective Mar 23, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 44.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 36 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 36 vehicle-level and 36 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 17 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 3, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DAU TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

DAU TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 2581622, and its motor carrier number is MC-903996.

Is DAU TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. DAU TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DAU TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

DAU TRANSPORTATION INC has a 44.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 61 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).