Carrier profile · USDOT 3421178 · MC-1105960 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Dfa Dairy Brands Distributing North LLC

DBA DFA DAIRY BRANDS NORTH

785 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 26 statesKANSAS CITY, KS88/100
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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 14.9%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 — 174 vehicle and 358 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.5% · 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 2.9 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

349 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 23

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 785-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
785
Inspections · 24 mo
358
Annualized
≈179 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving143 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance54 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 25 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 116 total · 44 in 24 mo

116
Total crashes
44
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
38
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026161516
2025160516
2024250725
2023190818
2022180517
2021200819
20202002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2026NJ02Yes
May 27, 2026KY00Yes
May 22, 2026OH12Yes
May 12, 2026IN01Yes
May 4, 2026PA00Yes
May 1, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 30, 2026MA01Yes
Mar 27, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 27, 2026MA00Yes
Feb 27, 2026NJ01Yes
Feb 22, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 22, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 7, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 21, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 15, 2026NY00Yes
Jan 8, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 31, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 15, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 23, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 8, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 2, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 22, 2025RI05Yes
Sep 10, 2025CT00Yes
Sep 4, 2025NJ01Yes
Aug 23, 2025NY00Yes