Carrier profile · USDOT 515415 · MC-181089 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DIRECTLINK COURIER INC

DBA DIRECTLINK LOGISTICS INC

57 power unitsavg 6.3 yrRegional · 3 statesGREENSBORO, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181089 ACTIVE
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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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 15.8 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 57-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
57
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.34 ELD — malfunction proceduresHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.3 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 13, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 34 total · 7 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20245045
20231001
20223023
20201011
20191011
20183013
20171001
20162002
20151011
20142012
20124124
20111011
20102002
20091001
20063013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 26, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 17, 2025VA01Yes
Jan 13, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 31, 2024SC02Yes
Oct 9, 2024NC01Yes
Sep 11, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 3, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 21, 2024SC01Yes
Apr 21, 2023SC00Yes
Oct 30, 2022SC02Yes
Feb 25, 2022GA01Yes
Feb 12, 2022SC00Yes
Sep 21, 2020SC01Yes
Aug 21, 2019GA01Yes
Oct 5, 2018NC00Yes
Aug 9, 2018GA00Yes
Mar 13, 2018NC01Yes
Sep 21, 2017SC00Yes
May 25, 2016NC00Yes
Jan 22, 2016NC00Yes
Oct 26, 2015NC01Yes
Oct 1, 2014SC01Yes
May 27, 2014GA00Yes
Dec 6, 2012NC01Yes
Nov 2, 2012NC00Yes