Carrier profile · USDOT 941954 · MC-404563 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Delta Transport Inc

29 power unitsavg 11.5 yrNational · 33 statesRIO LINDA, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-404563 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 11.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 117 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · 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 3.1 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

118 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 10

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
123
Annualized
≈62 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
2Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 2 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20241001
20233003
20221001
20211011
20192012
20181001
20162002
20151001
20144014
20132002
20121001
20102012
20092002
20072002
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 23, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 26, 2024CA00Yes
May 24, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 31, 2023SD00Yes
Mar 14, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 19, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2021ID01Yes
Mar 4, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 23, 2019MT01Yes
Oct 24, 2018UT00Yes
Sep 12, 2016NE00Yes
Apr 25, 2016NY00Yes
Apr 26, 2015CA00Yes
Dec 9, 2014TN00Yes
Oct 18, 2014NV01Yes
Feb 23, 2014MT00Yes
Feb 7, 2014WY00Yes
Dec 17, 2013WY00Yes
Sep 16, 2013CA00Yes
Mar 27, 2012CT00Yes
Jul 8, 2010IL00Yes
Mar 14, 2010KY01Yes
Apr 10, 2009MO00Yes
Mar 26, 2009WY00Yes