Carrier profile · USDOT 809975 · MC-360286 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dexter Trucking Group Inc

DBA DEXTER AXLE TRUCKING COMPANY

160 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 39 statesELKHART, IN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-360286 ACTIVE
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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 11.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 136 vehicle and 237 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.5% · 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

233 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 15

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 160-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
160
Inspections · 24 mo
237
Annualized
≈119 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving73 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

22ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 40 total · 6 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254013
20243003
20232012
20221001
20213013
20193003
20181001
20172012
20164004
20153033
20142002
20121001
20113023
20102012
20061010
20051011
20041011
20021001
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 29, 2025NH00Yes
Dec 16, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 3, 2025ID02No
Apr 7, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 19, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 24, 2024AL00Yes
Apr 3, 2024CO00Yes
Oct 24, 2023OK01Yes
Mar 3, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 16, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 8, 2021IN01Yes
Dec 3, 2021IN00Yes
May 3, 2021PA00Yes
Dec 19, 2019LA00Yes
Dec 6, 2019IN00Yes
May 2, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 23, 2018TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2017IN00Yes
Apr 3, 2017OK01Yes
Nov 30, 2016PA00Yes
Aug 18, 2016PA00Yes
Feb 17, 2016IN00Yes
Jan 14, 2016IN00Yes
Oct 28, 2015OK01Yes