Carrier profile · USDOT 482746 · FF-3454 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

EXEL INC

DBA DHL SUPPLY CHAIN USA

768 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 42 statesWESTERVILLE, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEFF-3454 ACTIVERATED 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 11.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 527 vehicle and 840 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.1% · 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 2.4 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

799 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 47

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 768-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
768
Inspections · 24 mo
841
Annualized
≈421 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving193 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance77 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance73 · 26 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 45 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 18 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

75 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

44ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 858 total · 59 in 24 mo

858
Total crashes
59
In last 24 mo
35
Fatal
302
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026150614
20253121330
20243001230
2023351834
20223601035
20214831245
2020442843
20195321249
20184831745
20174631646
20164321641
2015330732
20142501025
201311187
2012182517
2011170416
2010170417
2009223622
20082611024
2007281925
20063311230
20053311228
20042311223
20032711223
2002201819
2001122811
2000100610
19999049
19981601012
1997110810
1996161913
19958048
19946025
19937127
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 12, 2026NJ00Yes
Jun 25, 2026OH01Yes
Jun 6, 2026MD01Yes
Jun 4, 2026AR00Yes
Jun 2, 2026MD00Yes
May 20, 2026OH01Yes
May 6, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 29, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 21, 2026SC00Yes
Mar 30, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 26, 2026NY04Yes
Mar 20, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2026OH01No
Feb 4, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 21, 2026KY00Yes
Oct 23, 2025SC01Yes
Oct 16, 2025CA01Yes
Oct 13, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 10, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 9, 2025PA01Yes
Sep 26, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 25, 2025NY03Yes
Sep 24, 2025AZ00Yes
Sep 1, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 5, 2025SC00Yes