Carrier profile · USDOT 2843779 · MC-952964 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

DM International LLC

71 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 24 statesCLINTON TWP, MI81/100
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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 23.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 81 vehicle and 146 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · 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 6.3 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

142 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 15

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 71-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
71
Inspections · 24 mo
146
Annualized
≈73 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Alert
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Alert
46%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
4False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 3 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20245015
20233013
20222002
20212002
20203123
20192012
20183013
20174024
20162002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 2, 2025OH00Yes
May 23, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 24, 2024MI00Yes
May 11, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 21, 2024MS01Yes
Jan 19, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 12, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 5, 2023AR00Yes
Jul 10, 2023MI01Yes
Jan 14, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 21, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 15, 2022NM00Yes
Dec 14, 2021NC00Yes
May 10, 2021IL00Yes
Oct 30, 2020SC11Yes
Oct 16, 2020OH00Yes
Jan 21, 2020TN01Yes
Dec 11, 2019TN01Yes
Feb 12, 2019IN00Yes
Nov 5, 2018MI00Yes
Aug 1, 2018TN00Yes
Mar 8, 2018AR01Yes
Dec 12, 2017KY01Yes
Sep 6, 2017MI01Yes
May 30, 2017PA00Yes