Carrier profile · USDOT 598813 · MC-879457 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DAVID W BLANKENSHIP LLC

9 power unitsavg 13.5 yrRegional · 5 statesMILLINGTON, MD94/100
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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 15.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 23.4 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

29 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 4

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
≈1.7 / 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
9
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

94%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
58%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 27 total · 2 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20243003
20231001
20223013
20212012
20202022
20193023
20184024
20172002
20162022
20151001
20142022
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 4, 2026MD01Yes
Oct 4, 2024MD00Yes
Mar 15, 2024MD00Yes
Feb 18, 2024MD00Yes
Feb 19, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 22, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 2, 2022VA01Yes
Jul 20, 2022MD00Yes
Jul 22, 2021MD00Yes
Apr 18, 2021MD01Yes
Sep 10, 2020PA01Yes
Mar 4, 2020MD01Yes
Dec 29, 2019NJ00Yes
Mar 5, 2019NY01Yes
Jan 17, 2019NJ01Yes
Oct 8, 2018NJ01Yes
Oct 6, 2018VA00Yes
Sep 10, 2018MD02Yes
Jun 19, 2018MD00Yes
Dec 21, 2017MD00Yes
Mar 4, 2017VA00Yes
Nov 7, 2016MD01Yes
Apr 15, 2016MD01Yes
Aug 30, 2015MD00Yes
Nov 11, 2014OH01Yes