DC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC
DBA DC TRANSPORT
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
300 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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
- 172
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 310
- Annualized
- ≈155 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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 Driving105 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 153 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2026 | WY | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2025 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2025 | NV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 16, 2025 | NV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2024 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2023 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 12, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2023 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2022 | NV | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2022 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2022 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2021 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2021 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 28, 2021 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |