Carrier profile · USDOT 2795768 · MC-933194 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Direct Motor Lines Inc

2 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 19 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-933194 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
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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 6.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.5% · 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 3.8 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 18

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈7.5 / 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
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈7.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
57%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
43%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance58 · 10 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

106 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 24, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
54False logs
14Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 45 total · 2 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
2024100210
20238028
202210029
20218027
20202002
20194032
20182002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 11, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 20, 2024MA00Yes
Jul 11, 2024TX00Yes
May 18, 2024PA01Yes
Apr 27, 2024CO00Yes
Apr 5, 2024OK01Yes
Jan 19, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 15, 2024WY00Yes
Jan 12, 2024OR00Yes
Jan 6, 2024PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 10, 2023RI00Yes
Oct 13, 2023MA03Yes
Sep 13, 2023ME00Yes
Sep 8, 2023PA00Yes
Jun 14, 2023PA01Yes
May 5, 2023MO00Yes
Apr 6, 2023MD00Yes
Mar 10, 2023MT00Yes
Dec 30, 2022ME00Yes
Dec 30, 2022OR00Yes
Dec 21, 2022WY00Yes
Nov 6, 2022PA00Yes
Sep 23, 2022MD01No
Aug 27, 2022PA00Yes