Carrier profile · USDOT 361802 · MC-326288 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

DD&S EXPRESS INC

105 power unitsavg 11 yrNational · 34 statesANNAPOLIS, MD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-326288 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksddsexpress.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 12.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 186 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 4.9 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

180 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 14

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 105-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
105
Inspections · 24 mo
187
Annualized
≈94 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 14 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 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.

9ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 50 total · 6 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253113
20245015
20236036
20221001
20213023
20192012
20184004
20171001
20162002
20152002
20131001
20101011
20091001
20085034
20072012
20051001
20031001
20021001
20011111
19992011
19972022
19942011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026VA00Yes
Dec 19, 2025AR00Yes
Jul 2, 2025PA02Yes
Feb 2, 2025OK10Yes
Sep 17, 2024TX03Yes
Sep 17, 2024WY00Yes
May 30, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 26, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 18, 2024KY00Yes
Dec 29, 2023CT02Yes
Sep 28, 2023OK02Yes
Sep 16, 2023TX01Yes
Aug 15, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 1, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 8, 2023PA00Yes
Nov 17, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 19, 2021KY02Yes
Jun 4, 2021AR00Yes
May 5, 2021PA01Yes
Dec 18, 2019LA00Yes
Nov 1, 2019TX03Yes
Nov 7, 2018KS00Yes
Nov 5, 2018MD00Yes
Feb 22, 2018VA00Yes
Feb 5, 2018IN00Yes