Carrier profile · USDOT 2581622 · MC-903996 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dau Transportation Inc

17 power unitsavg 15.3 yrRegional · 3 statesFULSHEAR, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-903996 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 46.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 11.2 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
61%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Maintenance53 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 12 total · 4 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20241011
20232011
20211001
20201011
20192011
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 21, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 12, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2024TX02Yes
Sep 25, 2023TX01No
Aug 14, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 14, 2021TX00Yes
May 7, 2020TX01Yes
Oct 4, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2019TX01No
Sep 25, 2017TX00Yes