Carrier profile · USDOT 2955454 · MC-1594 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FREIGHT DISPATCH SERVICE INC

DBA FDS

1 power unitavg 10.5 yrNational · 37 statesDAVENPORT, IA38/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1594 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
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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 35.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 202 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.0% · 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 11.4 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

190 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 18

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈101.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
203
Annualized
≈102 / yr
Coverage
≈101.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
89%
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 Driving104 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance54 · 19 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance51 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 26 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance35 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance29 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

109 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

42ELD device issues
14No log / no ELD
30False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 46 total · 6 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255025
20243103
20238018
20227106
20219038
2020111311
20191001
20171011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 3, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 22, 2025FL04Yes
Jun 11, 2025SC01Yes
Feb 9, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 29, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 10, 2024GA10Yes
Apr 3, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 28, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 25, 2023SC00Yes
May 30, 2023FL00Yes
May 30, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 26, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2023MD00Yes
Mar 1, 2023FL00Yes
Feb 24, 2023FL01Yes
Sep 9, 2022AL00Yes
Aug 31, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 9, 2022TX10No
May 24, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 26, 2022NC00Yes
Jan 13, 2022TN00Yes
Jan 4, 2022WY00Yes
Oct 27, 2021LA01Yes