Carrier profile · USDOT 3421327 · MC-1106047 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

Dfa Dairy Brands Distributing South LLC

DBA DFA DAIRY BRANDS SOUTH

743 power unitsavg 6.8 yrMulti-region · 9 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 16.7%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 — 132 vehicle and 392 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 7.2 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

374 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 25

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 743-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
743
Inspections · 24 mo
392
Annualized
≈196 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving114 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 19 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 92 total · 20 in 24 mo

92
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264124
2025110111
2024170616
2023170615
2022162516
2021181618
20209149
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 11, 2026GA12Yes
Mar 6, 2026SC00Yes
Feb 12, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 29, 2026FL01Yes
Dec 2, 2025TN01Yes
Dec 2, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 23, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 1, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 20, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 28, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 27, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 15, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 23, 2025SC00Yes
Mar 10, 2025SC00Yes
Feb 20, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 12, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 3, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 18, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 20, 2024SC00Yes
Sep 19, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 26, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 20, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 18, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 7, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 4, 2024GA00Yes