Carrier profile · USDOT 53824 · MC-59367 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Decker Truck Line Inc

DBA DECKER

646 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 42 statesFORT DODGE, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-59367 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdeckermail.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 20.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 516 vehicle and 1,098 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.4% · 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 1.5 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

1,051 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 60

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 646-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
646
Inspections · 24 mo
1,098
Annualized
≈549 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
13%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving373 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance98 · 87 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance70 · 33 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance66 · 23 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance37 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 22 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

107 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

62ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
3False logs
22Drove over hours

26 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 895 total · 63 in 24 mo

895
Total crashes
63
In last 24 mo
21
Fatal
303
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026180318
20253621036
2024230821
2023231721
2022260526
20214001140
20203401534
20194901549
2018370737
20174241642
20163801138
2015410941
2014341833
20134221640
2012221721
2011240924
2010210621
20093001329
2008371537
2007321929
20063101029
20053411633
20042701127
2003231921
20023231330
20017065
2000130811
19998055
199811068
1997121610
1996150811
19956025
19948037
19939065
19923113
19917136
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 3, 2026MN00Yes
Jul 20, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 16, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 2, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 27, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 25, 2026MD00Yes
Apr 30, 2026WY01Yes
Apr 15, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 19, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 16, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 11, 2026WV00Yes
Mar 8, 2026IA01Yes
Feb 21, 2026MS01Yes
Feb 4, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 25, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 25, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 23, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2025IA00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IA01Yes
Dec 1, 2025CA02Yes
Nov 21, 2025NE11Yes
Nov 10, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 4, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 1, 2025IL10Yes