DISTRIBUTOR OPERATIONS INC

USDOT 399953 · Doing business as INTERSTATE BATTERIES

Active

Active, interstate carrier, large fleet (196 power units) — safety rating: satisfactory.

USDOT399953
MC Number
Fleet196 power units
Drivers241
Phone9729911444
LocationDallas, TX

Vetting summary

At a glance

  • Out-of-service rate9.5% vs 19.1% national avg
  • Crashes (24 months)4 reported — involvement does not imply fault

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Registration

Carrier identity

USDOT Number399953
MC Number
Legal NameDISTRIBUTOR OPERATIONS INC
DBA NameINTERSTATE BATTERIES
Entity TypeCORPORATION
Phone9729911444
Address14221 DALLAS PARKWAY STE 1000, Dallas, TX, 75254

Status

Authority & safety

Operating StatusActive
Operation TypeInterstate
Safety RatingS — Satisfactory (rated 20210820)
Hazmat Flagfalse

Safety ratings: S = Satisfactory, C = Conditional, U = Unsatisfactory. A carrier with no rating has not been through a full FMCSA compliance review — this is common and not itself a red flag.

Our scoring

Safety scores

Unsafe Driving
78 / 100
Hours-of-Service Compliance
0 / 100
Driver Fitness
89 / 100
Controlled Substances & Alcohol
0 / 100
Vehicle Maintenance
69 / 100

Scores are 0-100 rankings computed by us from public FMCSA inspection measures; higher = worse relative to peers. Not official CSA/BASIC percentiles. How these scores are computed.

Safety events

Inspections & crashes (last 24 months)

Inspections200
Out-of-Service Rate9.5% vs 19.1% national average
Crashes4 total (0 fatal, 2 with injuries, 4 towaway)
  • 2026-01-28 — CA — towaway
  • 2025-07-01 — TX — 1 injured, towaway
  • 2025-06-03 — MI — towaway
  • 2025-02-20 — VA — 2 injured, towaway
  • 2024-06-03 — MI — towaway

Most frequent violation categories: 51 (37), 20 (35), 14 (12).

Crash involvement does not imply fault. FMCSA crash records list all reportable crashes involving a carrier, regardless of who caused them.

Equipment

Fleet & operations

Power Units (trucks)196
Drivers241
Recent Annual Mileage5,008,908
Last MCS-150 Filing04-NOV-24

DISTRIBUTOR OPERATIONS INC operates 196 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in TX.

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