Carrier profile · USDOT 1809196 · MC-657425 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

DAT TRANSPORTATION LLC

DBA DAT TRANSPORTATION

25 power unitsavg 16.2 yrRegional · 3 statesTHE COLONY, TX75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-657425 ACTIVE
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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 23.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · 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 7.0 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

85 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 10

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
89
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
35%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
87%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance78 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance53 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

80 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
21False logs
15Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 14 total · 3 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251101
20242011
20232002
20222112
20211011
20201011
20181100
20171101
20151001
20111101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 11, 2025TX10Yes
Dec 30, 2024TX01No
Jul 23, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 22, 2023KS00Yes
Sep 27, 2022TX12Yes
Apr 11, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 28, 2021TX02Yes
May 13, 2020TX01Yes
Oct 17, 2018TX10No
Apr 25, 2017TX20Yes
Aug 30, 2015TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2011CA10Yes