Carrier profile · USDOT 2513429 · MC-871847 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DJ Trans Inc

54 power unitsavg 9.5 yrLocal · 2 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA74/100
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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 40.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 30.6 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 9

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 54-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
54
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance43 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance29 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 27 total · 5 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253103
20244014
20235035
20224014
20217037
20202102
20192012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 12, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 19, 2025CA10Yes
Feb 13, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 4, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 21, 2024CA00Yes
May 1, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 5, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2023CA01Yes
Jul 29, 2023CA01Yes
May 12, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 17, 2023CA01Yes
Feb 5, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 10, 2022CA01Yes
Jun 17, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 17, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 15, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 2, 2021CA01Yes
Nov 2, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 21, 2021CA01Yes
Aug 6, 2021CA01Yes
Jun 6, 2021CA00Yes
Apr 21, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 13, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 21, 2020CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2020CA10Yes