Carrier profile · USDOT 1954562 · MC-694115 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Dead River Transport LLC

DBA SKIP MCKEAN PETROLEUM TRANSPORT

46 power unitsavg 10.2 yrRegional · 4 statesBUCKSPORT, ME88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-694115 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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 8.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 91 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.3 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

87 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 10

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
91
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 24 total · 5 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252002
20241001
20231001
20221111
20212022
20203003
20191001
20182002
20171001
20161011
20151001
20142002
20122002
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026ME01Yes
Mar 14, 2026ME00Yes
Jan 23, 2026ME00Yes
Mar 1, 2025ME00Yes
Jan 26, 2025ME00Yes
Apr 4, 2024ME00Yes
Jan 12, 2023NH00Yes
Jan 18, 2022ME12Yes
Jun 17, 2021ME02Yes
Mar 4, 2021ME01Yes
Dec 22, 2020NH00Yes
Dec 18, 2020ME00Yes
Jul 20, 2020VT00Yes
Jul 2, 2019ME00Yes
Dec 17, 2018ME00Yes
Nov 13, 2018NH00Yes
Mar 11, 2017ME00Yes
Aug 4, 2016ME01Yes
Jan 18, 2015ME00Yes
Dec 23, 2014ME00Yes
Jun 12, 2014ME00Yes
Jul 31, 2012ME00Yes
Feb 23, 2012NH00Yes
Jan 11, 2011ME01Yes