Carrier profile · USDOT 647478 · MC-301436 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

D & E TRANSPORTATION INC

27 power unitsavg 11.4 yrMulti-region · 14 statesPORTLAND, TN87/100
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 5.7 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 8

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
≈1.5 / 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
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
6%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 7 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20253013
20242012
20152012
20141001
20102002
20091010
20085015
20073012
20064034
20052002
20021011
20011011
19982002
19973022
19961001
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 1, 2026KY00Yes
Feb 25, 2026TN01Yes
May 3, 2025AL01Yes
Apr 28, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 1, 2025MS00Yes
Aug 13, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 15, 2024KY02Yes
May 17, 2015TN01Yes
Feb 17, 2015TN00Yes
Jan 11, 2014TN00Yes
Mar 22, 2010IL00Yes
Jan 12, 2010KY00Yes
Oct 27, 2009TN01No
Dec 23, 2008KS00Yes
Dec 18, 2008IL01Yes
Oct 15, 2008MS00Yes
Apr 29, 2008IL00Yes
Feb 14, 2008TX00Yes
Aug 2, 2007WV00Yes
Jul 24, 2007LA00Yes
Jun 22, 2007KY02No
Dec 22, 2006RI01Yes
Oct 16, 2006AR00Yes
Oct 16, 2006TN01Yes