Carrier profile · USDOT 38089 · MC-99408 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

City Delivery Service Inc

DBA CDS TRANSPORTATION

6 power unitsavg 13.6 yrRegional · 3 statesLAFLIN, PA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-99408 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 0.0%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 — 4 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 46.2 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 6-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
6
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
3 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
.66measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Dec 20, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 0 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20181001
20171001
20162012
20152002
20131001
20101001
20091010
20081011
20031001
20021010
20011001
20002021
19982011
19973033
19961011
19944043
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 1, 2018PA00Yes
Dec 14, 2017PA00Yes
Mar 24, 2016PA00Yes
Feb 11, 2016MD01Yes
Dec 1, 2015NJ00Yes
Sep 28, 2015NY00Yes
Mar 18, 2013PA00Yes
Oct 21, 2010PA00Yes
Dec 2, 2009PA01No
Sep 11, 2008PA01Yes
Nov 13, 2003NY00Yes
Jul 7, 2002PA01No
Mar 9, 2001PA00Yes
Dec 15, 2000PA01Yes
Jun 21, 2000PA01No
Sep 8, 1998PA01No
May 6, 1998NY00Yes
Apr 8, 1997PA01Yes
Mar 21, 1997PA02Yes
Mar 14, 1997PA01Yes
Aug 16, 1996NJ01Yes
Dec 9, 1994PA01Yes
Aug 18, 1994PA01Yes
Jul 29, 1994MD01Yes
May 20, 1994PA02No