Carrier profile · USDOT 245718 · MC-174078 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Dalton Trucking Inc

43 power unitsavg 10.1 yrLocal · 1 statesFONTANA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-174078 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdaltontrucking.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 18.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 43 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 13.9 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 43-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 71 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 186 total · 3 in 24 mo

186
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
70
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242012
20233013
20211011
20202002
20191001
20183003
20176025
20166016
20153003
20144124
20136026
20125005
20117027
20104034
20094014
20082002
2007101410
2006110211
20058058
2004142813
20031601014
2002121610
20014004
20007107
19997117
19985025
19972002
19951010
19946154
19932020
199213054
19918035
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 26, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 16, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 6, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 14, 2023CA02Yes
Jul 5, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 28, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 8, 2020CA00Yes
May 23, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 19, 2019CA00Yes
May 1, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 4, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2017CA01No
Dec 1, 2017CA00Yes
Oct 27, 2017CA00Yes
Aug 1, 2017CA00Yes
Jun 19, 2017CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2017CA01Yes
Sep 19, 2016CA00Yes
Mar 22, 2016CA00Yes
Mar 9, 2016CA00Yes
Feb 10, 2016AZ00Yes
Jan 31, 2016CA03Yes
Jan 22, 2016CA00Yes