Carrier profile · USDOT 1774183 · MC-813388 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Defiance Energy Services LLC

69 power unitsavg 15.2 yrRegional · 3 statesSHREVEPORT, LA68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-813388 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksdefiancellc.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 45.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 13.7 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 5

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 69-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
69
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
48%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Maintenance30 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 15, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 48 total · 11 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20254004
20242011
20234024
2022122712
20212002
20204004
20195015
20186016
20172012
20161001
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 5, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 7, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 1, 2026LA01Yes
Mar 1, 2026LA01Yes
Jan 11, 2026LA00Yes
Nov 19, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 1, 2025LA00Yes
May 2, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 11, 2025LA00Yes
Dec 17, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 12, 2024LA01No
Dec 30, 2023LA00Yes
Oct 5, 2023LA00Yes
May 17, 2023TX01Yes
Feb 27, 2023LA01Yes
Dec 31, 2022LA10Yes
Dec 30, 2022LA00Yes
Dec 6, 2022LA12Yes
Nov 30, 2022LA01Yes
Nov 7, 2022LA00Yes
Oct 15, 2022LA02Yes
Oct 6, 2022LA03Yes
Sep 16, 2022LA00Yes
Aug 11, 2022LA01Yes
Jun 3, 2022LA01Yes