Carrier profile · USDOT 1827085 · MC-663110 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Delta Tank Lines LLC

DBA DTL

69 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 6 statesVALDOSTA, GA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-663110 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 4.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 159 vehicle and 169 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.0% · 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

168 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 18

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 69-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 69
Inspections · 24 mo: 169
Annualized: ≈85 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

20%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

32%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

11%

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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues

4No log / no ELD

1False logs

8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	3	0	2	3
2023	1	0	1	1
2021	2	0	0	2
2020	2	0	1	2
2019	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1	0
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	2	0	2	2
2014	3	1	2	3
2013	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 24, 2025	SC	0	0	Yes
Oct 8, 2025	GA	0	2	Yes
Jun 23, 2025	GA	0	1	Yes
Apr 14, 2023	GA	0	1	Yes
Apr 19, 2021	FL	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2021	GA	0	0	Yes
Nov 27, 2020	GA	0	0	Yes
Mar 1, 2020	GA	0	1	Yes
Jan 14, 2019	GA	0	1	Yes
Oct 29, 2018	GA	0	1	No
Oct 31, 2017	GA	0	2	Yes
Oct 22, 2016	FL	0	1	Yes
Aug 1, 2015	GA	0	5	Yes
Apr 20, 2015	FL	0	1	Yes
Nov 4, 2014	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 22, 2014	GA	2	3	Yes
Mar 18, 2014	GA	0	1	Yes
Jun 5, 2013	GA	0	4	Yes
Apr 5, 2011	GA	0	1	Yes
May 4, 2009	GA	0	1	Yes