Carrier profile · USDOT 2201595 · MC-1117547 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

DELTA CARRIERS INC

51 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 19 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN69/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1117547 NO AUTHORITY
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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 30.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 10.0 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

60 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 13

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 51-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
64
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
2%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
13False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 2 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20232002
20227007
20212002
20201001
20193003
20182002
20173003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 13, 2025AZ02Yes
Jan 11, 2025MO00Yes
May 19, 2023PA00Yes
Apr 29, 2023NJ00Yes
Dec 29, 2022NJ00Yes
Dec 22, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 19, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 28, 2022OH00Yes
Aug 1, 2022OH00Yes
Feb 3, 2022OK00Yes
Jan 23, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 19, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 14, 2021NM00Yes
Nov 9, 2020CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2019IN00Yes
May 23, 2019OH00Yes
Jan 12, 2019MO00Yes
Nov 30, 2018AR00Yes
Jul 16, 2018IN00Yes
Nov 6, 2017NV00Yes
May 6, 2017MO00Yes
Apr 29, 2017MO00Yes