Day & Ross USA Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
294 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 19
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 350
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 300
- Annualized
- ≈150 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving103 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 13 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 28 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 7 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 151 total · 29 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 9 | |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2026 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 22, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 1, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 18, 2025 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2025 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2024 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |