Carrier profile · USDOT 1996747 · MC-16536 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Standard Forwarding LLC

DBA DHL FREIGHT

302 power unitsavg 6.8 yrRegional · 6 statesDES MOINES, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-16536 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksdhl.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 53.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 43 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 28.4 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 8

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 302-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
302
Inspections · 24 mo
43
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
66%
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 Driving44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 346 total · 13 in 24 mo

346
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
16
Fatal
127
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254124
2024151214
2023151514
2022100110
2021151415
2020160815
2019100410
2018140214
20171811117
2016131212
2015100510
2014160516
2013181617
2012210720
20119049
20108028
2009140213
2008111310
2007201720
2006140714
2005100410
200412249
200310049
20025235
20016042
20005144
19998147
19983022
19972012
19967035
19953022
19942112
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 24, 2026NJ01Yes
Oct 24, 2025IA21Yes
Sep 29, 2025IN01Yes
Sep 29, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 20, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 23, 2024WI00Yes
Dec 16, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 26, 2024IL01No
Nov 14, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 12, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 6, 2024IA00Yes
Oct 7, 2024WI00Yes
Sep 6, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 30, 2024WI00Yes
Jul 18, 2024IL00Yes
May 22, 2024IL00Yes
May 17, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 16, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 2, 2024WI11Yes
Jan 15, 2024WI00Yes
Nov 9, 2023WI01Yes
Sep 30, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 21, 2023IA01Yes
Jul 5, 2023IL01No
Jul 1, 2023WI01Yes