Carrier profile · USDOT 3493892 · MC-1150850 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Dab Carrier Group Inc

91 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 40 statesHAMMOND, IN87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1150850 ACTIVE
Verified linksdabcarriergroup.comFMCSA SAFER

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 23.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 111 vehicle and 239 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.1% · 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 6.2 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

236 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 19

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 91-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
91
Inspections · 24 mo
239
Annualized
≈120 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving77 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 10 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20256046
20242011
20235005
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026AR02Yes
Jun 17, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 1, 2026MO01Yes
Oct 6, 2025OR01Yes
Aug 12, 2025GA03Yes
Jul 21, 2025IN01Yes
Jul 14, 2025NV00Yes
Jul 8, 2025LA00Yes
Mar 8, 2025OK01Yes
Nov 8, 2024FL01No
Mar 2, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 1, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 15, 2023AR00Yes
Aug 4, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2023NY00Yes
Jan 12, 2023MO00Yes
Apr 28, 2022NM00Yes