Carrier profile · USDOT 98221 · MC-205616 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

C H Wilson Transport Inc

44 power unitsavg 9.1 yrRegional · 7 statesCHARLES CITY, IA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-205616 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 23.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 64 vehicle and 82 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 15.6 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 44-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
82
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 57 total · 5 in 24 mo

57
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255015
20241001
20231001
20222012
20212002
20202012
20192022
20185045
20174024
20161011
20152002
20132002
20122022
20111001
20102012
20072012
20063033
20052022
20031010
20021010
20002012
19992021
19984023
19972002
19962022
19951011
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 22, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 11, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 4, 2025NE00Yes
Mar 19, 2025IA02Yes
Jan 21, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 16, 2024IL00Yes
Mar 20, 2023MD00Yes
Mar 16, 2022IA02Yes
Jan 28, 2022IA00Yes
Sep 1, 2021NE00Yes
Mar 12, 2021MO00Yes
Dec 29, 2020IA00Yes
Oct 16, 2020IA01Yes
Sep 17, 2019NE01Yes
Mar 1, 2019IA03Yes
Dec 18, 2018OH01Yes
Dec 14, 2018IA01Yes
Sep 4, 2018MN02Yes
Jun 28, 2018IA00Yes
Jan 19, 2018IA01Yes
Nov 28, 2017IA01Yes
Nov 4, 2017IA00Yes
Sep 18, 2017IA01Yes
Apr 15, 2017IA00Yes
Oct 27, 2016WI01Yes