DIRECT MOTOR LINES INC
USDOT 2795768MC-Docket MC933194ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized2 power units
DIRECT MOTOR LINES INC (USDOT 2795768) in ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-01-10) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Safety rating is Conditional — FMCSA found enough issues to flag but not enough to downgrade to Unsatisfactory.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 4 times, most recent 2025-01-10 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2024-10-03 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.16
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.59
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.28
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.09
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
3
Crashes
66
Inspections
8
OOS inspections
10
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 2
- Total drivers
- 2
- Years in business
- 11
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 6.1%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 16.7%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 4 times last 2025-01-10
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-12-29
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2024-10-03 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
377
Inspections
51
OOS inspections
356
Violations
62
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-19 → 2025-01-22.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-02-11
PA
Tow-away
2024-12-20
MA
Tow-away
2024-07-11
TX
Tow-away
2024-05-18
PA
1 injuredTow-away
2024-04-27
CO
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Unsafe driving 392
|
114 | 3 | 2024-09-30 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
110 | 36 | 2025-01-22 |
Hours of service 395
|
104 | 16 | 2024-09-24 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
17 | 2 | 2024-09-03 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
5 | 5 | 2024-08-18 |
CDL standards 383
|
3 | 3 | 2024-07-15 |
General safety regulations 390
|
3 | 0 | 2024-08-11 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-09-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2024-09-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to follow the Motor Carrier's and ELD provider's recommendations in resolving the data incons | — |
| 2024-09-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-09-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-09-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add the trailer number | — |
| 2024-09-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2024-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Towbar requirement violations | OOS |
| 2024-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Insufficient aggregate working load limit | OOS |
| 2024-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2024-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Prohibited towing connection / device | — |
| 2024-09-02 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-09-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2024-08-18 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial vehicle without corrective lenses or hearing aid as indicated on the driv | OOS |
| 2024-08-13 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-08-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add the trailer number | — |
| 2024-08-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2024-08-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-08-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air suspension pressure loss | OOS |
| 2024-07-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking | — |
| 2024-07-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to inspect/use emergency equipment | — |
| 2024-07-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-07-24 | Driver Fitness | License - Operate a CMV without a valid operators license issued by one State or jurisdiction | OOS |
| 2024-07-18 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-07-15 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a valid CDL: Violation of air brake restriction | OOS |
| 2024-07-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to certify the record immediately after the final required entry has been made or corrected f | — |
| 2024-07-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-07-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2024-06-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-06-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Light Weight Vehicles - Improper securement of automobiles light trucks and vans | OOS |
| 2024-06-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-06-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-06-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Loose or unfastened tiedown | — |
| 2024-06-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel tank fill pipe cap missing | — |
| 2024-06-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver - Failing to inspect the cargo and devices used to secure the cargo within the first 50 miles after beginning a t | — |
| 2024-06-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to inspect/use emergency equipment | — |
| 2024-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-06-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) | OOS |
| 2024-06-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit. (Property Carrying Vehicle) | OOS |
| 2024-06-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-06-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-01-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2024-10-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2024-09-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 8 | — | — |
2024-09-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-09-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-09-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(e) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 34(c) | — | — |
2024-09-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2024-09-12 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(iii) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(ii) | — | — |
2024-09-11 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 71(h) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 71(g) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106(d) | OOS | — |
2024-09-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-09-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
2024-09-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2024-09-02 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-08-18 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11(b)(4) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-08-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-08-11 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 17 | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II | — | — |
2024-08-09 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
2024-08-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-08-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2024-08-04 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207(f) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207(f) | OOS | — |
2024-07-30 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
2024-07-30 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 8 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
2024-07-24 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11(b)(5) | OOS | — |
2024-07-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-07-16 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
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