Carrier profile · USDOT 167011 · MC-213020 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Basin Western Inc

99 power unitsavg 10.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesROOSEVELT, UT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-213020 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksbasinwestern.comFMCSA SAFER

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 15.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 131 vehicle and 235 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 2.6 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

230 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 99-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
99
Inspections · 24 mo
235
Annualized
≈118 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving156 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance41 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 16 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

7ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 205 total · 4 in 24 mo

205
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
78
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20242012
20233013
20227027
20212002
20204034
20192012
20189029
20173012
20163013
20155044
20148028
20138138
20127017
20113022
20107027
20094014
20088128
2007140313
2006181118
20054024
20044114
20032102
20024133
20016035
20009068
19995015
19984024
19973031
1996110710
19956046
19947046
199311036
19927154
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2026CO00Yes
Dec 21, 2025CO00Yes
Dec 8, 2025NV00Yes
Apr 22, 2025TX04Yes
Jul 7, 2024UT02Yes
Apr 30, 2024CO00Yes
Nov 17, 2023UT00Yes
Aug 4, 2023UT00Yes
Jan 6, 2023UT02Yes
Sep 7, 2022CO00Yes
Jul 23, 2022UT01Yes
May 17, 2022UT01Yes
Mar 29, 2022CO00Yes
Mar 2, 2022UT00Yes
Jan 6, 2022UT00Yes
Jan 1, 2022CO00Yes
Aug 19, 2021NM00Yes
Jun 12, 2021WY00Yes
Sep 1, 2020CO00Yes
Apr 16, 2020UT02Yes
Apr 7, 2020UT01Yes
Jan 10, 2020AZ01Yes
Aug 6, 2019CO01Yes
Feb 15, 2019WY00Yes
Dec 20, 2018CO00Yes