Carrier profile · USDOT 86821 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DUNLAP & KYLE CO INC

39 power unitsavg 3.9 yrRegional · 6 statesBATESVILLE, MS94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 7.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 95 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 3.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

93 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Nov '25 · 9

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 39-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
39
Inspections · 24 mo
95
Annualized
≈48 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232002
20221011
20201001
20181011
20171001
20161001
20142012
20001001
19921000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 11, 2024MS00Yes
Jun 30, 2023TN00Yes
Jan 20, 2023MS00Yes
Jun 23, 2022MS02Yes
Aug 24, 2020MS00Yes
Mar 1, 2018AL01Yes
Sep 8, 2017MS00Yes
Sep 13, 2016TN00Yes
Aug 11, 2014MS00Yes
Mar 17, 2014MS01Yes
May 5, 2000MS00Yes
Jun 8, 1992AR00No