Carrier profile · USDOT 600140 · MC-212852 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

D&E TRANSPORT LLC

187 power unitsavg 8.7 yrNational · 42 statesCLEARWATER, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-212852 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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 263 vehicle and 501 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 21.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

487 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month May '26 · 33

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 187-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
187
Inspections · 24 mo
501
Annualized
251 / yr
Coverage
1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving185 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance60 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance59 · 46 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance48 · 17 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

44ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
27False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 158 total · 13 in 24 mo

158
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
49
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267135
20256016
20241001
20231001
20229058
2021171517
20209028
2019120311
2018160316
2017140414
20164114
20156026
20147016
20138058
20123013
20112002
20103023
20092002
20082021
20075005
20063103
20054014
20044024
20033013
20012002
20002011
19991010
19982012
19962022
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 24, 2026NC01No
Apr 23, 2026MS00Yes
Apr 8, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 15, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 12, 2026ID01Yes
Mar 4, 2026FL01No
Feb 7, 2026WI10Yes
Nov 14, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 10, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 26, 2025MN01Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 16, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 6, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 29, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 1, 2023IA00Yes
Dec 9, 2022MD00Yes
Nov 6, 2022IN01Yes
Oct 17, 2022NY02Yes
Aug 23, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 7, 2022IA00Yes
May 9, 2022MS01No
Mar 27, 2022TX01Yes
Feb 15, 2022KS00Yes
Feb 11, 2022ND01Yes
Dec 29, 2021CA00Yes