Carrier profile · USDOT 1538328 · MC-572822 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dean Transportation Inc

DBA DEAN TRANSPORTATION

0 power unitsavg 7.2 yrLocal · 1 statesLANSING, MI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-572822 ACTIVE
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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 0.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 148 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

143 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 23

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
.01measure
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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 264 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 138 total · 8 in 24 mo

138
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257007
20242002
20236016
2022180618
20216016
20206006
2019150514
2018110311
2017120212
20154024
2012120311
20091001
20087007
2007140213
2006160016
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 7, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 13, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 9, 2025MI00Yes
May 27, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 22, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 8, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 31, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 11, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 15, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 16, 2023MI01Yes
Apr 17, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 3, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 7, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 14, 2023MI00Yes
Jan 31, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 19, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 28, 2022MI01Yes
Nov 17, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 17, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 2, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 2, 2022MI00Yes
Oct 27, 2022MI04Yes
Oct 13, 2022MI01Yes
Oct 13, 2022MI01Yes
Sep 21, 2022MI00Yes