Carrier profile · USDOT 1926084 · MC-688714 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DTW TRANSPORT LLC

27 power unitsavg 6.2 yrLocal · 2 statesHOWARD CITY, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-688714 ACTIVE
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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 50.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 31.7 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 27-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 30 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20242102
20232002
20221001
20211001
20203012
20196006
20183113
20161001
20153013
20142002
20131001
20122022
20091010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
May 17, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 5, 2024MI10Yes
Dec 7, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 6, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 13, 2022MI00Yes
Apr 26, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 2, 2020KY00Yes
Nov 2, 2020IL01No
Sep 21, 2020MI00Yes
Dec 12, 2019IN00Yes
Oct 18, 2019MI00Yes
Aug 13, 2019MI00Yes
May 29, 2019TN00Yes
Jan 29, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 7, 2019MI00Yes
Jul 27, 2018MI01Yes
Feb 6, 2018MI10Yes
Jan 29, 2018MI00Yes
Jun 14, 2016OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2015MI00Yes
Oct 29, 2015MI01Yes
Feb 23, 2015IL00Yes