Carrier profile · USDOT 273301 · MC-189528 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Dayton Freight Lines Inc

DBA DAYTON FREIGHT

2,278 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 21 statesDAYTON, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-189528 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdaytonfreight.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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 596 vehicle and 1,202 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.7% · 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

1,174 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 64

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 2,278-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
2,278
Inspections · 24 mo
1,222
Annualized
≈611 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Driving342 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance91 · 33 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance89 · 17 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 30 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther13 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 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.

31ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,271 total · 115 in 24 mo

1,271
Total crashes
115
In last 24 mo
31
Fatal
403
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263521233
20255821655
20247002169
20236712166
20226741663
20215811757
20206131560
20197902375
20185421552
20175321251
20166021259
20155201151
20146421864
20134021239
2012410840
20114412142
20103511535
2009240624
20083811737
20075301450
2006321829
2005200520
20043211329
20032401219
20021911114
2001150914
20002211215
1999170814
19989057
19978064
199610087
19954114
19942011
19931001
19923021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2026KY01Yes
Jul 8, 2026MI00Yes
Jul 1, 2026MI00Yes
Jul 1, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 22, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 6, 2026IN11Yes
May 29, 2026MO00Yes
May 13, 2026MO00Yes
May 5, 2026OH02Yes
May 5, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 24, 2026OH01Yes
Apr 15, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 15, 2026IN01Yes
Apr 10, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 4, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 30, 2026IL01Yes
Mar 23, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 18, 2026IN11Yes
Mar 17, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 16, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 11, 2026IL01Yes
Feb 13, 2026OH00Yes
Feb 5, 2026IL01No
Jan 31, 2026IN01Yes
Jan 27, 2026WI00Yes