Carrier profile · USDOT 277148 · MC-180573 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DDL Brokerage Inc

DBA D D L INC

5 power unitsavg 3.6 yrRegional · 3 statesSEVILLE, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-180573 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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
1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
5
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
7 / yr
Coverage
1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
.33measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 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.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 31 total · 0 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20211001
20181001
20171001
20151001
20141001
20131011
20111001
20083003
20072012
20064024
20052002
20045045
20021010
20011011
19981001
19971011
19952012
19932002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 9, 2021OH00Yes
Dec 5, 2018IN00Yes
Jan 30, 2017OH00Yes
Oct 13, 2015OH00Yes
Nov 7, 2014OH00Yes
Jan 11, 2013GA01Yes
Apr 29, 2011IN00Yes
Dec 21, 2008IL00Yes
Apr 10, 2008OH00Yes
Feb 20, 2008IN00Yes
Sep 28, 2007OH01Yes
Apr 25, 2007KY00Yes
Oct 5, 2006OH01Yes
Sep 26, 2006OH00Yes
Sep 14, 2006NY01Yes
Feb 24, 2006MI00Yes
May 16, 2005OH00Yes
May 8, 2005GA00Yes
Dec 10, 2004OH01Yes
May 9, 2004OH00Yes
May 7, 2004OH02Yes
Apr 6, 2004IL02Yes
Feb 20, 2004WI01Yes
Jul 29, 2002OH01No
Mar 23, 2001PA01Yes