Carrier profile · USDOT 591904 · MC-286914 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DANFREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

DBA DFS

104 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 30 statesJOLIETTE, QC73/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-286914 ACTIVE
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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 12.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 110 vehicle and 184 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.5% · 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 9.0 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

179 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 16

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 104-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
104
Inspections · 24 mo
184
Annualized
≈92 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance55 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

90 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

75ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 143 total · 11 in 24 mo

143
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
50
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20253003
20248038
20233023
20224004
20216126
20207026
20199119
2018110311
20174024
20163013
20158048
20149049
2013100310
20126036
20114024
20103023
20095015
20085015
20075025
20063013
20055034
20043003
20033021
20024024
20014014
20001001
19991011
19972002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 26, 2026MO01Yes
Jan 29, 2026AZ01Yes
Jan 25, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 21, 2026SC00Yes
Nov 6, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 19, 2025NM00Yes
Jan 5, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 9, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 19, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 3, 2024AZ00Yes
Aug 5, 2024IA01Yes
May 31, 2024NE00Yes
May 22, 2024UT02Yes
Apr 6, 2024NE02Yes
Feb 13, 2024IA00Yes
Jun 7, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 16, 2023AZ01Yes
Feb 21, 2023CA01Yes
Sep 23, 2022AZ00Yes
Sep 6, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 24, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 23, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 18, 2021OK11Yes
Nov 30, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 27, 2021AZ00Yes