DICHELLO DISTRIBUTORS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 46
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 9
- Annualized
- ≈5 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | CT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 15, 2025 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 23, 2023 | CT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 2, 2022 | CT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 17, 2021 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2021 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2021 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 20, 2021 | CT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 15, 2020 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2019 | CT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 14, 2018 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2016 | CT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 26, 2016 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2015 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2014 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2010 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2003 | CT | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2001 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2000 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 1998 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 1997 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |