Dakota Carriers Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
232 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 21
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 85
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 236
- Annualized
- ≈118 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 79 total · 10 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 27, 2026 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2025 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2025 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2025 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 5, 2025 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2023 | MN | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2023 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2022 | NV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2022 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 26, 2021 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2020 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2020 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2020 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2019 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2019 | IL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| May 12, 2019 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2019 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |