Carrier profile · USDOT 3402694 · MC-1095542 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DIRECT EXPEDITED FREIGHT INC

2 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 24 statesEDON, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1095542 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 38.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

83.3% · 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 38.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

40 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Nov '24 · 6

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈11.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
2
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈11.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
84%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
3False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 6 total · 3 in 24 mo

6
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253033
20242012
20231001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2025TN01Yes
Feb 24, 2025WY01Yes
Feb 11, 2025TN02Yes
Apr 4, 2024MA01Yes
Feb 28, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 28, 2023MO00Yes