Carrier profile · USDOT 90053 · MC-319061 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc

252 power unitsavg 5.6 yrMulti-region · 10 statesKANSAS CITY, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-319061 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 11.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 228 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

220 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 18

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 252-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
252
Inspections · 24 mo
228
Annualized
≈114 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 256 total · 16 in 24 mo

256
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
17
Fatal
101
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025150614
20245015
20239029
20229039
20215125
20205015
20198168
20185134
20174014
20167017
20158038
20146026
20136146
20127047
201110068
20105235
2009123511
2008170516
20072022
20069039
20056026
20043023
20033013
20021001
20014004
20005215
19991801018
19987026
19977046
19965035
19953123
19948127
19939019
1992144511
19916025
19902012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 5, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 24, 2025NE00Yes
Sep 24, 2025IA01Yes
Sep 17, 2025NE01Yes
Aug 15, 2025NE00Yes
Aug 4, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 9, 2025NE00Yes
Jul 5, 2025NE01Yes
May 20, 2025NE00Yes
Mar 21, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 4, 2025NE01No
Mar 4, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 17, 2025MO01Yes
Jan 15, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 10, 2025AR00Yes
May 30, 2024AR00Yes
Mar 18, 2024IA00Yes
Mar 18, 2024NE00Yes
Feb 23, 2024KS01Yes
Feb 17, 2024AR00Yes
Dec 19, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 16, 2023NE00Yes
Jul 20, 2023SD00Yes
Jun 9, 2023MO00Yes