Carrier profile · USDOT 50467 · MC-142368 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

Danny Herman Trucking Inc

506 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 26 statesMOUNTAIN CITY, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142368 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdannyherman.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 17.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 464 vehicle and 832 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.3% · 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 3.6 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

812 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 46

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 506-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
506
Inspections · 24 mo
832
Annualized
≈416 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving241 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance98 · 84 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 8 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

38ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
7False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 74% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 522 total · 48 in 24 mo

522
Total crashes
48
In last 24 mo
17
Fatal
196
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269268
20252711027
2024201620
20233211130
2022210321
20212721026
2020260924
2019230921
20182711127
2017232523
2016260625
2015190418
2014130513
2013120612
20128038
2011120311
2010101810
20097046
2008120711
2007140612
2006120711
2005101310
2004160615
20039228
20029067
2001141613
2000121311
19996036
19983103
1997170815
19967067
19958047
199410059
19938008
1992100410
19912012
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 24, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 24, 2026TN01Yes
Mar 18, 2026TX10Yes
Mar 6, 2026TX01No
Feb 15, 2026IL01Yes
Jan 20, 2026TN12Yes
Jan 18, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 11, 2026AR01Yes
Dec 23, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 22, 2025TX02Yes
Dec 8, 2025OH01Yes
Dec 2, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 26, 2025IN01Yes
Nov 24, 2025OH01Yes
Nov 18, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 28, 2025OK00Yes
Oct 28, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 25, 2025OK02Yes
Oct 21, 2025CA01Yes
Oct 10, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 18, 2025AR01Yes
Sep 18, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 10, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2025AZ00Yes