Carrier profile · USDOT 164906 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Dead River Company LLC

611 power unitsavg 7.2 yrRegional · 6 statesSOUTH PORTLAND, ME88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
Verified linksdeadriver.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 8.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 171 vehicle and 222 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.9% · 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

216 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 19

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 611-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
611
Inspections · 24 mo
222
Annualized
≈111 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 173.24 Other violationOther4 · 3 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 318 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 185 total · 19 in 24 mo

185
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
78
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267026
20259169
20248138
20236046
20224124
20214014
20204014
20196055
20184024
201710158
20162012
20156116
20148047
20135105
20122002
20113013
20102002
20098028
20086016
20075015
20063013
20052002
20045015
2003130313
20022020
20013031
20005034
19993032
19984031
19973021
19964033
19951111
19941011
199310030
199212032
19912021
19903023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026ME01No
Apr 28, 2026MA01Yes
Feb 10, 2026ME00Yes
Feb 4, 2026ME00Yes
Jan 6, 2026ME00Yes
Jan 6, 2026ME00Yes
Jan 2, 2026ME00Yes
Dec 16, 2025ME00Yes
Dec 9, 2025ME01Yes
Dec 8, 2025ME00Yes
Nov 24, 2025NH01Yes
Oct 24, 2025ME00Yes
Apr 3, 2025NH01Yes
Mar 8, 2025VT22Yes
Feb 19, 2025ME01Yes
Feb 4, 2025NH01Yes
Dec 2, 2024VT00Yes
Nov 30, 2024ME00Yes
Sep 17, 2024ME00Yes
Mar 4, 2024NH11Yes
Feb 29, 2024ME00Yes
Jan 26, 2024ME02Yes
Jan 19, 2024ME00Yes
Jan 18, 2024ME01Yes
Oct 24, 2023ME00Yes