Dill - Elam Inc
DBA CITY SERVICE
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
34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3
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
- 43
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 35
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 57 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2024 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2020 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2020 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 31, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2018 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2018 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 24, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2017 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2017 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2016 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 6, 2016 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2015 | IN | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 29, 2015 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2015 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2014 | KY | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2014 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2014 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |