Carrier profile · USDOT 263193 · MC-49204 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DECO SYSTEMS INC

38 power unitsavg 12.4 yrRegional · 4 statesSTOUGHTON, MA86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-49204 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdecosystemsinc.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 45.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 11.4 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

31 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Nov '24 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 38-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
84%
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 Maintenance24 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 30 total · 0 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20222012
20212011
20203003
20194034
20171011
20162012
20141011
20131001
20051001
20041011
20032112
20021001
20011011
19962002
19952012
19942022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 4, 2024MA00Yes
Feb 13, 2024ME00Yes
Feb 5, 2022MA01Yes
Feb 5, 2022MA00Yes
Jul 3, 2021MA00Yes
Feb 17, 2021ME01No
Dec 17, 2020MA00Yes
Dec 1, 2020MA00Yes
Jun 28, 2020MA00Yes
Aug 27, 2019MA00Yes
Aug 7, 2019MA01Yes
Aug 7, 2019MA01Yes
Mar 16, 2019MA04Yes
Apr 8, 2017MA01Yes
Dec 23, 2016ME02Yes
Aug 14, 2016MA00Yes
Mar 13, 2014ME01Yes
Feb 4, 2013MA00Yes
May 12, 2005ME00Yes
Mar 3, 2004ME02Yes
Jan 27, 2003MA01Yes
Jan 27, 2003MA10Yes
Dec 25, 2002MA00Yes
May 20, 2001MA01Yes
Sep 18, 1996MA00Yes