Carrier profile · USDOT 1057535 · MC-442497 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dinosaur Trucking Inc

14 power unitsavg 12.3 yrLocal · 2 statesBRENT, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-442497 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 17 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 7.3 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 14-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 27 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20212012
20202002
20181001
20173003
20162102
20153013
20141101
20133113
20122012
20114114
20101011
20081001
20062012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 18, 2025AL00Yes
Apr 12, 2021AL00Yes
Jan 7, 2021AL04Yes
Apr 23, 2020AL00Yes
Jan 9, 2020AL00Yes
May 15, 2018AL00Yes
Dec 12, 2017AL00Yes
Jun 19, 2017AL00Yes
Feb 21, 2017AL00Yes
Sep 1, 2016AL10Yes
Jan 24, 2016AL00Yes
Oct 7, 2015AL00Yes
Jun 22, 2015AL01Yes
Apr 22, 2015AL00Yes
Apr 22, 2014AL10Yes
Nov 20, 2013AL10Yes
Oct 4, 2013AL01Yes
Jun 28, 2013AL00Yes
May 23, 2012AL01Yes
Feb 17, 2012AL00Yes
Dec 18, 2011AL20Yes
Nov 18, 2011AL00Yes
Sep 26, 2011AL00Yes
Mar 15, 2011AL01Yes
Apr 7, 2010AL01Yes