Carrier profile · USDOT 486924 · MC-246474 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Design Transportation Services Inc

DBA DESIGN TRANSPORTATION

76 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 21 statesDALLAS, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-246474 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 25.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 105 vehicle and 194 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.1% · 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 3.9 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

188 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 76-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
76
Inspections · 24 mo
194
Annualized
≈97 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.08measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 30 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 276 total · 9 in 24 mo

276
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
14
Fatal
110
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256056
20249028
2023141314
20223023
2021131513
20207127
20192022
20187017
20176026
20167027
2015110310
20147157
201310149
20121911117
2011130712
2010130513
2009141613
2008162116
2007200620
2006201619
2005151613
200411259
20034034
20025033
20016044
20004024
19995005
19984144
19971011
19963023
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 4, 2025TX03Yes
Oct 27, 2025GA02Yes
Aug 14, 2025GA03Yes
Jul 24, 2025NC01Yes
May 21, 2025GA03Yes
May 2, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 17, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 14, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 5, 2024TX01No
Jul 9, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 30, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 13, 2024LA00Yes
Mar 15, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 13, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 16, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 1, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 20, 2023SC00Yes
Nov 7, 2023GA01Yes
Sep 12, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 29, 2023MS00Yes
Jul 11, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 22, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 12, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 9, 2023TX01Yes
May 11, 2023TX00Yes