Carrier profile · USDOT 217295 · MC-159736 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Dart Container Corporation of California

280 power unitsavg 10.6 yrNational · 26 statesMASON, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-159736 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 7.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 112 vehicle and 164 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.0% · 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 2.3 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

175 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 21

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 280-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
280
Inspections · 24 mo
178
Annualized
≈89 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 218 total · 7 in 24 mo

218
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
103
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20254034
20248057
20239127
20224014
20218028
20204024
20197036
2018120512
2017140712
201610059
2015100410
20145025
20134034
20127057
20118065
20105024
20097035
20089048
20079028
20068047
20059068
20047046
20036126
20028067
20013013
20004014
19997045
19982012
19974024
19961011
19958028
19941001
19931010
19922011
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 11, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 28, 2026FL01Yes
Nov 7, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2025IN02Yes
Jul 15, 2025IL01Yes
Jul 1, 2025FL02Yes
Oct 24, 2024NJ01Yes
Jul 25, 2024GA01No
Jun 23, 2024GA01Yes
Jun 11, 2024CA00Yes
May 23, 2024FL00Yes
May 14, 2024TN00Yes
Feb 8, 2024CA01Yes
Feb 5, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 13, 2023PA00Yes
Aug 3, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 12, 2023KY01No
May 11, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 12, 2023IL00Yes
Mar 27, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 6, 2023FL10No
Feb 2, 2023NJ01Yes
Jan 18, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 12, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 9, 2022IA00Yes