Carrier profile · USDOT 424023 · MC-235436 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DOT TRANSPORTATION INC

1,851 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 47 statesMT STERLING, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-235436 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 5.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,634 vehicle and 3,527 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

3.6% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.5 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

3,394 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 175

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 1,851-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
1,851
Inspections · 24 mo
3,528
Annualized
≈1,764 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
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 Driving605 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance114 · 99 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance85 · 16 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance59 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance39 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 15 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

140 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

90ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
14False logs
33Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,056 total · 114 in 24 mo

1,056
Total crashes
114
In last 24 mo
38
Fatal
355
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026271926
20256521963
20245541354
20235802454
20225011249
20215511950
2020371737
20195301653
20185512051
20174931048
20163621035
20154931848
20144011139
20133421232
2012260923
2011270927
2010250724
2009291627
20083031527
20074121739
20064101438
20053111030
20043441630
20032721222
20021701011
20017047
2000110111
1999142910
19989167
19975035
1996110310
19953012
19945034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2026WY00Yes
Jul 22, 2026OH00Yes
Jul 14, 2026OH00Yes
Jul 14, 2026MO00Yes
Jul 1, 2026NV01Yes
Jun 4, 2026PA00Yes
May 20, 2026MO00Yes
May 12, 2026IN00Yes
May 3, 2026TX02Yes
May 1, 2026IL10No
Apr 22, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 27, 2026KS00Yes
Mar 25, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 17, 2026IL03Yes
Mar 16, 2026OH01Yes
Mar 16, 2026MO01Yes
Mar 10, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 2, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 25, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 24, 2026MN01Yes
Feb 10, 2026CA02Yes
Jan 30, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 25, 2026IL01Yes
Jan 17, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2026MO00Yes