Carrier profile · USDOT 471318 · MC-250621 · Updated Jul 22, 2026

Darling Ingredients Inc

DBA DARLING INGREDIENTS

1,865 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 39 statesIRVING, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-250621 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdarlingii.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 14.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 449 vehicle and 825 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.9% · 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 1.8 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

802 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 53

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 1,865-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
1,865
Inspections · 24 mo
826
Annualized
≈413 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving249 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance139 · 22 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance63 · 56 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance52 · 8 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 763 total · 61 in 24 mo

763
Total crashes
61
In last 24 mo
25
Fatal
339
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026160416
20253201429
20243801338
20234522142
20222821127
20214421843
20202831126
20194922045
2018270827
20173832035
20164301742
2015381937
20142511025
20132301118
20121501113
2011140313
2010131613
20091901119
2008190618
2007210821
2006111410
2005131513
20041701016
20031501111
2002192916
2001111610
2000150913
19991511214
19981611115
19971801117
19962611225
199510058
19942022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 7, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 22, 2026OR01Yes
May 13, 2026IN01Yes
May 8, 2026IA00Yes
Apr 29, 2026NE00Yes
Apr 29, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 13, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 7, 2026IN01Yes
Mar 19, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 9, 2026OK01Yes
Mar 2, 2026CO00Yes
Feb 27, 2026WV00Yes
Jan 14, 2026IA00Yes
Jan 9, 2026NE00Yes
Jan 7, 2026NV00Yes
Dec 30, 2025MD01No
Dec 3, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 19, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 29, 2025TX03Yes
Oct 29, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 24, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 1, 2025NE01Yes
Sep 9, 2025TN01Yes
Sep 5, 2025CT01Yes