Carrier profile · USDOT 124009 · MC-121420 · Updated Jun 28, 2026

Dart Trucking Company Inc

83 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 26 statesNORTH LIMA, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-121420 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdartamerica.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 28.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 12.5 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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 11

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 83-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
83
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
85%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
51%
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 Driving48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 21 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
17Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 187 total · 4 in 24 mo

187
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
88
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20244014
20236025
20223012
20212012
20203013
20194024
20182012
20174124
20163012
20152012
20144014
20133223
20115034
20103013
20095035
20085033
20078036
2006111510
200512059
2004150712
20035035
2002100410
20015015
20006054
19999055
19988067
19974113
19965035
19957037
1994121412
19935043
19922001
19911001
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2025WV00Yes
Apr 1, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 20, 2025OH01Yes
Dec 15, 2024WV00Yes
Aug 6, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 23, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 24, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 6, 2023OH00Yes
Sep 7, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2023CT00Yes
Jun 22, 2023IL01No
Jun 15, 2023OH01Yes
Jun 11, 2023IN00Yes
Nov 6, 2022SC00Yes
Sep 20, 2022NY00Yes
Jan 28, 2022LA01No
Oct 28, 2021WV01Yes
Feb 23, 2021TN00Yes
May 8, 2020OH00Yes
Mar 25, 2020WV01Yes
Jan 18, 2020WV00Yes
Nov 9, 2019WV00Yes
Sep 6, 2019IN01Yes
Jun 22, 2019IN00Yes
May 29, 2019PA01Yes