Carrier profile · USDOT 3776525 · FF-52855 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

DL TRANSPORTATION LLC

10 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 7 statesPROVIDENCE, RI82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEFF-52855 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 16.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 22.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 11.2 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 11

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
3.3 / 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
10
Inspections · 24 mo
66
Annualized
33 / yr
Coverage
3.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
95%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
14%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
80%
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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness13 · 8 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 3 total · 3 in 24 mo

3
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 2, 2025NH01Yes
Apr 5, 2025MA01Yes
Mar 24, 2025MA02Yes