Carrier profile · USDOT 2821363 · MC-940856 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Derby Trucking LLC

18 power unitsavg 5 yrRegional · 5 statesMERRILL, IA74/100
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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 66.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
16measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 4 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252102
20243003
20231001
20211011
20201001
20191001
20182002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026IA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025MN00Yes
Apr 17, 2025NE10Yes
Dec 2, 2024SD00Yes
Mar 21, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 26, 2024NE00Yes
May 26, 2023IA00Yes
Oct 19, 2021ND01Yes
Sep 24, 2020SD00Yes
Dec 2, 2019SD00Yes
Jun 6, 2018MN00Yes
Feb 8, 2018IA00Yes