Carrier profile · USDOT 1325605 · MC-517493 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

DIAMOND CARGO EXPRESS LLC

17 power unitsavg 3.7 yrLocal · 2 statesCLINTON, PA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-517493 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 23.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 28.6 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 3

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 42 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 0 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231001
20221001
20212002
20203023
20192012
20183023
20174033
20161001
20153003
20142012
20071010
20051010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 5, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 17, 2023PA00Yes
Aug 18, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 20, 2021PA00Yes
Feb 20, 2021MD00Yes
Oct 19, 2020PA02Yes
Aug 31, 2020PA01Yes
Jul 24, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 18, 2019PA01Yes
Dec 13, 2019PA00Yes
Jun 16, 2018PA00Yes
May 10, 2018PA01Yes
Jan 23, 2018PA01Yes
Oct 25, 2017PA01No
Oct 20, 2017PA01Yes
Aug 4, 2017PA00Yes
Jul 1, 2017PA01Yes
Oct 17, 2016PA00Yes
Dec 13, 2015MD00Yes
Dec 3, 2015PA00Yes
Sep 20, 2015PA00Yes
Jul 24, 2014PA00Yes
Jul 14, 2014PA02Yes
Mar 13, 2007PA01No
Jun 10, 2005PA01No