Carrier profile · USDOT 1457229 · MC-550606 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

C&w Trucking & Sons Inc

DBA C&W TRUCKING

149 power unitsavg 7.7 yrNational · 31 statesBETTENDORF, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-550606 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 111 vehicle and 243 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.8% · 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 1.5 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

240 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 17

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 149-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
149
Inspections · 24 mo
243
Annualized
122 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
51%
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 Driving119 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 28 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

51 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

37ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 78 total · 17 in 24 mo

78
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025101310
20248028
20239139
20228118
2021131610
20205014
20198027
20185135
20171001
20152002
20141001
20131001
20092002
20081011
20071011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 20, 2026IL01Yes
Mar 4, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 7, 2026IA00Yes
Nov 29, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 21, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 9, 2025KS01Yes
Oct 2, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 16, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 4, 2025IL01Yes
Aug 26, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 15, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 13, 2025IL11Yes
Nov 22, 2024TN01Yes
Oct 9, 2024IN01Yes
Sep 11, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 30, 2024IA00Yes
Jun 19, 2024OH00Yes
May 30, 2024MI00Yes
May 28, 2024IA00Yes
Apr 26, 2024WV00Yes
Nov 2, 2023IL01Yes
Nov 1, 2023IN00Yes
Oct 28, 2023AR00Yes
Oct 16, 2023PA01Yes