Carrier profile · USDOT 357507 · MC-279940 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Barry Swanson Trucking Inc

1 power unitavg 5 yrLocal · 1 statesFORKS, WA50/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-279940 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 1-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
3
Annualized
2 / yr
Coverage
1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.28 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 5 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 1 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20221001
20212021
20202002
20172002
20151001
20141001
20101001
20091001
20041111
20031001
20021001
20011001
20002112
19993022
19981001
19973032
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 24, 2024WA00Yes
Mar 3, 2022WA00Yes
Aug 9, 2021WA01Yes
Mar 30, 2021WA01No
Sep 25, 2020WA00Yes
Jul 6, 2020WA00Yes
Oct 11, 2017WA00Yes
Sep 25, 2017WA00Yes
Aug 13, 2015WA00Yes
Dec 19, 2014WA00Yes
Mar 12, 2010WA00Yes
Mar 16, 2009WA00Yes
Jan 20, 2004WA11Yes
Jun 12, 2003WA00Yes
Mar 20, 2002WA00Yes
Apr 13, 2001WA00Yes
Mar 1, 2000WA11Yes
Jan 12, 2000WA00Yes
Jul 28, 1999WA00Yes
Apr 22, 1999WA03Yes
Jan 18, 1999WA02No
Dec 15, 1998WA00Yes
Oct 1, 1997WA01No
Sep 15, 1997WA02Yes
Aug 8, 1997WA01Yes