Carrier profile · USDOT 220141 · MC-163035 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Dick Lavy Trucking Inc

DBA DICK LAVY TRUCKING

201 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 26 statesBRADFORD, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-163035 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdicklavytrucking.comFMCSA SAFER

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 18.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 335 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.5% · 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 13.1 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

325 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 21

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 201-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
201
Inspections · 24 mo
335
Annualized
≈168 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving108 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 305 total · 13 in 24 mo

305
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
124
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20257047
2024160714
20239138
20226036
20219019
20208028
2019110511
2018160516
2017120410
2016140413
2015120810
2014120211
20139059
20123013
2011130313
2010121312
20092002
2008122610
20076026
20069037
200510058
200411058
200310049
2002110108
200110259
200010076
19997036
19983003
19978048
19965025
19958138
19946034
19934013
19922011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026OH00Yes
May 7, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 23, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 23, 2025CT01Yes
Nov 10, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 29, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 24, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 17, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 24, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 31, 2024MD01No
Oct 23, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 17, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 19, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 17, 2024MS00Yes
Jun 28, 2024AR00Yes
Jun 17, 2024FL01No
Jun 13, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 5, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 22, 2024TN00Yes
Mar 19, 2024OH01Yes
Mar 19, 2024OH03Yes
Mar 14, 2024OH00Yes
Feb 6, 2024OH01Yes
Feb 4, 2024FL02Yes
Jan 23, 2024AR01Yes