Carrier profile · USDOT 310502 · MC-202808 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

DA RAN INC

12 power unitsavg 14.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesZIMMERMAN, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-202808 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 28 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
14 / yr
Coverage
1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 1 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20202002
20193032
20161011
20151011
20141001
20081101
20071001
20061011
20055005
20044024
20032002
20021001
20011001
19992022
19982022
19972002
19951001
19911010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 6, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 10, 2020MN00Yes
Mar 2, 2020MO00Yes
Sep 14, 2019KY02Yes
Jul 24, 2019MN01Yes
Mar 12, 2019MO01No
Jul 25, 2016ND01Yes
Oct 6, 2015MO01Yes
Jan 23, 2014IN00Yes
Feb 10, 2008MN10Yes
Feb 15, 2007MN00Yes
Feb 22, 2006MN02Yes
Dec 30, 2005MN00Yes
Jul 27, 2005MN00Yes
Jun 11, 2005WI00Yes
Jun 6, 2005MN00Yes
Jan 20, 2005WI00Yes
Dec 23, 2004MN01Yes
Dec 12, 2004MN04Yes
May 26, 2004MN00Yes
Mar 25, 2004MI00Yes
Oct 13, 2003CT00Yes
Jun 12, 2003KY00Yes
May 28, 2002WI00Yes
Mar 7, 2001WI00Yes