Carrier profile · USDOT 3421176 · MC-1105956 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

DFA DAIRY BRANDS DISTRIBUTING WEST LLC

DBA DFA DAIRY BRANDS WEST

1,162 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 16 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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 353 vehicle and 488 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.9% · 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 1.5 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

475 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 32

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 1,162-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
1,162
Inspections · 24 mo
489
Annualized
≈245 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving104 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance90 · 27 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 14 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 99 total · 27 in 24 mo

99
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
2025161316
2024182616
2023140413
2022170515
2021221921
20207056
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 23, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 11, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 3, 2026CO00Yes
Dec 23, 2025WY02Yes
Dec 1, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 7, 2025CO00Yes
Nov 4, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 24, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2025TX02Yes
Aug 28, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 26, 2025CO10Yes
Aug 18, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 5, 2025TX00Yes
May 14, 2025UT01Yes
Apr 22, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 11, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 29, 2024ID00Yes
Oct 15, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2024TX00Yes