Carrier profile · USDOT 735429 · MC-391133 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DARYL A NICELY

DBA NICELY'S TOWING

8 power unitsavg 4.3 yrLocal · 1 statesCHESAPEAKE, OH84/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-391133 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksFMCSA 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 7.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 4.0 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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.

  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 4 total · 0 in 24 mo

4
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20112012
20081001
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 10, 2011OH02Yes
May 5, 2011WV00Yes
Dec 15, 2008WV00Yes
Apr 9, 1999OH02Yes