Carrier profile · USDOT 1295076 · MC-819700 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Daniels Sharpsmart Inc

DBA DANIELS

354 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 39 statesCHICAGO, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-819700 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdanielshealth.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 7.9%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 — 479 vehicle and 697 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 2.8 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

686 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 41

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 354-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
354
Inspections · 24 mo
701
Annualized
≈351 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving148 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance70 · 7 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 20 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 11 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

59 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
10False logs
6Drove over hours

12 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 51 total · 11 in 24 mo

51
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20257017
20248018
20234013
20226026
20215035
20201001
20191001
20182012
20173003
20162002
20152012
20143013
20132002
20122002
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 18, 2026IL01Yes
Feb 16, 2026NJ00Yes
Dec 26, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 22, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 30, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 25, 2025FL00Yes
Mar 26, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 24, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 19, 2025MI01Yes
Sep 10, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 1, 2024NC02Yes
Jul 10, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 3, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 14, 2024FL00Yes
Mar 26, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2024NJ00Yes
Sep 19, 2023MD01No
Aug 21, 2023NV00Yes
Feb 10, 2023MN00Yes
Jan 24, 2023TN00Yes
Nov 23, 2022IL01Yes
Nov 16, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 24, 2022CA00Yes
May 3, 2022MD00Yes