Carrier profile · USDOT 128493 · MC-120924 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

B & W Cartage Company Inc

518 power unitsavg 9.8 yrNational · 23 statesTAYLOR, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-120924 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 25.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 347 vehicle and 723 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.9% · 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 8.1 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

701 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 46

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 518-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
518
Inspections · 24 mo
723
Annualized
≈362 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
79%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving202 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance103 · 99 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance101 · 24 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance76 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance55 · 35 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 9 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance26 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

96 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

44ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
16False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,043 total · 33 in 24 mo

1,043
Total crashes
33
In last 24 mo
37
Fatal
392
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026150215
202511069
2024180917
2023240524
2022191819
20212431122
20203321433
20194121240
20184802145
20175911758
20164421442
20154001140
20144111141
20133931239
20124631044
2011260726
20103301332
2009180818
20083101031
2007331533
20063211328
20054311242
2004352934
20034121837
20023211524
20013111724
20003421929
19993011422
19982511219
19972511317
19961601010
1995132107
19942221414
199311147
19922022
19917037
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 30, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 24, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 24, 2026MI00Yes
May 27, 2026MI01Yes
May 8, 2026IL01Yes
Apr 30, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 27, 2026OH00Yes
Feb 16, 2026KY00Yes
Feb 10, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 28, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 15, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 12, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 7, 2025KY01Yes
Oct 23, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 16, 2025TN01Yes
Oct 7, 2025IL01No
Sep 3, 2025KY00Yes
Aug 18, 2025MI01Yes
Aug 12, 2025MI01Yes
Jul 28, 2025IL01No
May 21, 2025MO00Yes