Carrier profile · USDOT 1052364 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DICO INC

30 power unitsavg 8.2 yrLocal · 1 statesUPPER MARLBORO, MD59/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 66.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

62.5% · 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 30-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: 30
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

54%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

64%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.112 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 14 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	1	0
2009	2	0	0	2
2008	2	1	1	2
2007	1	1	0	1
2005	3	0	2	2
2004	1	0	1	1
2003	2	0	0	2
1994	1	1	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 11, 2023	MD	0	0	Yes
Apr 18, 2019	MD	0	1	Yes
Dec 1, 2016	DE	0	0	Yes
Sep 9, 2011	MD	0	1	No
Aug 13, 2009	MD	0	0	Yes
Jun 17, 2009	MD	0	0	Yes
Dec 19, 2008	MD	0	0	Yes
Jul 17, 2008	DE	1	2	Yes
May 1, 2007	MD	1	0	Yes
Dec 6, 2005	MD	0	0	Yes
Dec 6, 2005	MD	0	3	Yes
Apr 21, 2005	DE	0	3	No
Aug 18, 2004	MD	0	1	Yes
May 21, 2003	MD	0	0	Yes
May 21, 2003	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 3, 1994	MD	1	1	Yes