DLR EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
164 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 16
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 40
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 171
- Annualized
- ≈86 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving114 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance62 · 16 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance58 · 14 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance55 · 14 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance52 · 22 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 34 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 18 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
118 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
17 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 37 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2024 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2024 | CA | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2024 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2023 | NV | 1 | 0 | No |
| Feb 25, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2022 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 28, 2021 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2021 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2020 | AZ | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 12, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 23, 2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |