Carrier profile · USDOT 658780 · MC-828400 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

D A S TRANSIT INC

27 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 11 statesMARGARETTSVILLE, NC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-828400 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 20.5 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 27-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
53
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False 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· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20242012
20234014
20221001
20214004
20201001
20193013
20181001
20173023
20141011
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026MD01Yes
Feb 24, 2026MD00Yes
Jul 11, 2024NC01Yes
Jan 18, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 1, 2023NC00Yes
Sep 21, 2023VA00Yes
Apr 10, 2023NC00Yes
Mar 14, 2023VA01Yes
Aug 5, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 21, 2021MD00Yes
Oct 1, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 23, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 12, 2021KY00Yes
Aug 3, 2020IN00Yes
Sep 11, 2019NC01Yes
May 23, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 14, 2019OH00Yes
Jan 12, 2018KY00Yes
Aug 10, 2017WV00Yes
Feb 20, 2017NC01Yes
Feb 14, 2017KY01Yes
Nov 20, 2014IN02Yes
Jun 25, 2009OH01Yes