DMF INC
DBA DEWITT MOTOR FREIGHT
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
9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2
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
- 16
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 9
- Annualized
- ≈5 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 33 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2023 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2020 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2017 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 28, 2016 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2015 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2014 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2014 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2013 | IL | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2013 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2010 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 15, 2009 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2006 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2006 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2005 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2004 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2004 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 11, 2004 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2001 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2001 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |