Carrier profile · USDOT 2295670 · MC-804747 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Dhillon Truck Line Express Inc

DBA DTL

14 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 17 statesSACRAMENTO, CA82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-804747 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 17.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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

50 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 5

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
52
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
17%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

55 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
10Drove over hours

11 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20234014
20223013
20211100
20191001
20161001
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 12, 2024AZ00Yes
May 17, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 3, 2023PA01Yes
Mar 22, 2023NY00Yes
Feb 26, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 10, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 10, 2022NE03Yes
Aug 10, 2022PA00Yes
Jan 15, 2022IA00Yes
May 9, 2021NM10No
Feb 27, 2019OK00Yes
Dec 12, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 8, 2015NM00Yes