Carrier profile · USDOT 338783 · MC-237940 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Darrell Ellis Trucking LLC

11 power unitsavg 9.2 yrRegional · 6 statesHARRODSBURG, KY71/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-237940 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 20.0 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 4

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 11-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
11
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
10.58measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.77measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
1.11measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
5.27measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 398.8 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 27 total · 5 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20252002
20241001
20231001
20221011
20202012
20192002
20182002
20172002
20162002
20154013
20141011
20131001
20064034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 13, 2026KY01Yes
Feb 13, 2026MO01Yes
Oct 2, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 24, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 4, 2024WV00Yes
Mar 30, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 1, 2022IA01Yes
Jul 13, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 17, 2020MO01Yes
Oct 23, 2019KS00Yes
Oct 7, 2019FL00Yes
May 1, 2018WV00Yes
Mar 9, 2018KY00Yes
May 22, 2017MO00Yes
Mar 15, 2017FL00Yes
Oct 7, 2016TN00Yes
Feb 3, 2016TN00Yes
Oct 27, 2015KY00Yes
Aug 3, 2015TN00Yes
Aug 3, 2015KY00Yes
May 29, 2015FL01No
Jan 16, 2014IN02Yes
Sep 9, 2013CO00Yes
May 29, 2006KY00Yes
May 14, 2006MO04Yes