Carrier profile · USDOT 2531743 · MC-879888 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

DTS Inc

12 power unitsavg 10.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesOVERLAND PARK, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-879888 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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 15.5 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 4

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 3 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253033
20241011
20232002
20221001
20211001
20202012
20191001
20182002
20176025
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2025OH01Yes
Mar 20, 2025PA01Yes
Jan 5, 2025IL01Yes
Feb 1, 2024OH01Yes
Aug 14, 2023MO00Yes
Apr 10, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 16, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 21, 2021OH00Yes
May 21, 2020IN00Yes
Jan 7, 2020MO02Yes
Oct 17, 2019MO00Yes
Dec 13, 2018OH00Yes
Feb 10, 2018MO00Yes
Nov 15, 2017TX01No
Aug 30, 2017KS00Yes
Aug 16, 2017MO00Yes
Jun 18, 2017VA02Yes
Apr 20, 2017IN00Yes
Jan 16, 2017OK00Yes