Carrier profile · USDOT 2546588 · MC-886561 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DTS LLC

22 power unitsavg 11.2 yrMulti-region · 11 statesBOWLING GREEN, KY68/100
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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 35.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 21.6 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
73%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
56%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 6 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20244014
20234024
20222112
20213022
20191001
20172002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2026KY00Yes
Aug 22, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 6, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 23, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 15, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 12, 2024TN00Yes
May 15, 2024IN01Yes
Nov 20, 2023TN00Yes
Oct 24, 2023TX02Yes
Oct 7, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2023TN01Yes
Jun 27, 2022AR00Yes
Apr 22, 2022LA11Yes
Oct 21, 2021KY01No
Jun 27, 2021MO00Yes
Mar 26, 2021KY01Yes
Jul 11, 2019TN00Yes
Oct 16, 2017KY00Yes
Feb 22, 2017TN00Yes