Carrier profile · USDOT 898079 · MC-390739 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

DAYLIGHT TRANSPORT LLC

386 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 19 statesCYPRESS, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-390739 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksdylt.comFMCSA 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 14.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 258 vehicle and 331 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

319 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 20

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 386-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
386
Inspections · 24 mo
331
Annualized
≈166 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving81 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance67 · 19 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 14 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 47 total · 9 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254024
20245055
20234024
20221001
20212022
20205035
20195033
20181001
20174024
20162022
20152012
20144014
20132012
20122012
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026NJ00Yes
May 6, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2026NJ01Yes
Dec 12, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 6, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2025NY01Yes
May 17, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 22, 2024GA02Yes
Sep 24, 2024CA01Yes
Jul 19, 2024CA01Yes
Jul 9, 2024CA01Yes
Jun 12, 2024CA02Yes
Dec 29, 2023NY01Yes
Aug 4, 2023NY02Yes
Mar 2, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 7, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 19, 2021CT01Yes
Nov 17, 2021NY03Yes
Oct 31, 2020CA00Yes
Sep 14, 2020CA01Yes
Jul 6, 2020NJ00Yes
Jul 2, 2020NY01Yes
Apr 27, 2020CA01Yes
Dec 16, 2019TX01No