Carrier profile · USDOT 1334440 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Elmer W Davis Inc

40 power unitsavg 11 yrLocal · 1 statesROCHESTER, NY86/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkselmerdavis.comFMCSA SAFER

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 38.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 40-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
40
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 177.834 Other violationOther4 · 4 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20212002
20192012
20183023
20162011
20071011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2021NY00Yes
Mar 30, 2021NY00Yes
Dec 23, 2019NY01Yes
Apr 8, 2019NY00Yes
Nov 16, 2018NY01Yes
Jul 30, 2018NY00Yes
Jun 6, 2018NY02Yes
Jun 17, 2016NY01No
Feb 19, 2016NY00Yes
Apr 27, 2007NY01Yes