Badger State Western Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 8
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 42
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 95
- Annualized
- ≈48 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving29 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 63 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2025 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2023 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 22, 2023 | NV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2021 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2020 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2020 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2020 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2019 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2019 | NM | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2018 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2018 | MT | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2017 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2017 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2017 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2015 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2014 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2014 | CO | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 14, 2014 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2013 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2011 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |