Carrier profile · USDOT 255166 · MC-180587 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

Dealers Choice Truckaway System Inc

DBA TRUCKMOVERS

1,026 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 43 statesINDEPENDENCE, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-180587 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 17.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 553 vehicle and 1,042 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.3% · 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 4.0 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

1,011 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 69

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,026-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,026
Inspections · 24 mo
1,042
Annualized
≈521 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving508 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance174 · 40 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving143 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance128 · 68 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 32 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

235 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

42ELD device issues
71No log / no ELD
50False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 52% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 542 total · 39 in 24 mo

542
Total crashes
39
In last 24 mo
14
Fatal
182
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026100310
2025192817
20243111129
20233221130
20223021029
20213911037
2020290827
20195411754
20184411343
20172501125
20162111219
20154311343
20143901437
2013210421
2012170617
2011120712
20107047
20095015
20083013
20078028
20066015
20058118
20045025
20039047
20026016
20012012
20002011
19993023
19983103
19972012
19954014
19942011
19921000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 10, 2026TN02Yes
May 29, 2026TN01Yes
Apr 28, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 11, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 11, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 20, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 18, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 30, 2025WV00Yes
Oct 13, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 25, 2025PA01Yes
Aug 24, 2025NC01Yes
Aug 20, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 30, 2025GA01No
Jun 27, 2025NM00Yes
Apr 30, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 28, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 26, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2025OH11Yes
Mar 4, 2025TN02Yes
Feb 23, 2025LA10Yes
Feb 21, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 19, 2025AR00Yes