Carrier profile · USDOT 2842292 · MC-952128 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Drake Refrigerated Lines LLC

91 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesFORT WORTH, TX94/100
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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 5.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 94 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 26.5 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 91-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
91
Inspections · 24 mo
94
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 14, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 45 total · 4 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242011
20238028
20224024
20215025
20203013
20195025
20186016
20176036
20163023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 1, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 26, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 27, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 16, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 19, 2024OH01No
Nov 7, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 29, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 17, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 15, 2023IL01Yes
Jun 18, 2023IL01Yes
May 9, 2023LA00Yes
Feb 12, 2023IL00Yes
Jan 12, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 11, 2022IL01Yes
May 14, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 26, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 7, 2022IL01Yes
Nov 6, 2021IL02Yes
Oct 3, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 25, 2021IL00Yes
Jun 25, 2021IL03Yes
Jan 4, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 2, 2020IL02Yes
Mar 7, 2020IL00Yes
Feb 5, 2020IL00Yes