Delmarva Power and Light Company
DBA DELMARVA POWER
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 425
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 85
- Annualized
- ≈43 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 151 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 52 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2026 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2026 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2025 | MD | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2024 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2024 | MD | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2023 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2022 | DE | 0 | 3 | No |
| Nov 1, 2022 | DE | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2022 | DE | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | DE | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 3, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2021 | MD | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| May 25, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2021 | DE | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2020 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2020 | DE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2020 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2019 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2018 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2018 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |