Carrier profile · USDOT 2141826 · MC-195568 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ABSOLUTE WEST CORP

DBA HARBOR DIVISION

19 power unitsavg 13.1 yrLocal · 2 statesRANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-195568 ACTIVE
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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 11.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 128 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.3% · 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 7.2 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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 27

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
≈3.4 / 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
19
Inspections · 24 mo
129
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈3.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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.

  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 9 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 19 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 8 total · 1 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20232002
20221001
20181001
20171001
20152012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 10, 2025CA01Yes
May 12, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 27, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 11, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 15, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 14, 2017CA00Yes
Nov 30, 2015CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2015CA01Yes