Carrier profile · USDOT 3557285 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

DEARCO INC

24 power unitsavg 13.3 yrLocal · 2 statesGARDENDALE, TX62/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 51.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 15.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 4.5 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
99%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance54 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 9 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 53 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 8 total · 3 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20244124
20232002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2026TX02Yes
Oct 12, 2024TX01Yes
May 24, 2024TX10Yes
May 23, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2024TX02Yes
Aug 28, 2023TX00Yes
May 25, 2023TX00Yes