Carrier profile · USDOT 157262 · MC-145194 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Wooster Motor Ways Inc

106 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 10 statesWOOSTER, OH88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145194 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

106Power units

37 observed · MCS-150

42Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(330) 264-7690 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record10 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 125 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo12.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

106 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.9 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

1 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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12 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Aug 13, 2026.

Safety

54 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 12.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 6.0 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 6

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 106-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 106
Inspections · 24 mo: 54
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
177.823 Other violationOther4 · 4 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$3,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$5M BIPD last filed ’24 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Liberty Fire’94–’01

Protective’01–’04

Liberty Fire’04–’09

Protective’09–’24

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Nov 2024

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2009 → Nov 2024	$5M	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2004 → Nov 2009	$5M	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2001 → Nov 2004	$5M	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1994 → Nov 2001	$5M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 4, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 106
Observed power (24 mo): 37
Trailers (towed): 42

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.9 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

46.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 4, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Ohio: 28 inspections
Indiana: 11 inspections
Maryland: 5 inspections
Pennsylvania: 3 inspections
Michigan: 2 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections
Kentucky: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections

Home base

WOOSTER, OH

3501 W OLD LINCOLN WAY

Most inspections: OH

28 inspections

OH 28 · IN 11 · MD 5

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 4, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 981081 USDOT 2594952 USDOT 247350 USDOT 1899457 USDOT 1762766 USDOT 3098872 USDOT 126693 USDOT 228380

Shares a company officer with other carriers

paul m williams — 2 carriers: USDOT 3368403

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

106

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 5, 2026

Location

Physical address: 3501 W OLD LINCOLN WAY, WOOSTER, OH, 44691
Mailing address: PO BOX 19, WOOSTER, OH, 44691
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (330) 264-7690
Fax: (330) 202-3090
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: gowmw.com

Registration

Officers: Paul M Williams · Dave Mowrer
USDOT / docket: 157262 · MC-145194
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Oct 1, 2026 · 6,170,987 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 16, 1989
D-U-N-S: 85232247

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

106

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

6,170,987

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 5, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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13%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 31 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

42violation records

7OOS-tagged records

4 of 31inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

160%0 / 16

Other vehicle maintenance

838%3 / 8

Hours of service

70%0 / 7

Lights

50%0 / 5

Other / unclassified

3100%3 / 3

Brakes

20%0 / 2

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

11%Nov 24 to May 251 / 9

13%May 25 to Nov 251 / 8

20%Nov 25 to May 262 / 10

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 4

Top 3 codes (11 of 42 records)

395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer5
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt3
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3

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392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
177.823A-HMPMCNP50% Other violation1
177.823A-HMTVMMCNID Other violation1
177.834A-HMC Other violation1
391.11B5-LNCDLNVL Driver not qualified1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC.

WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC (USDOT 157262) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $3,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Nov 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 12.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier received 54 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 31 vehicle-level and 54 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 10 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It reports 106 power units and 68 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 1, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 16, 1989 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC's USDOT number?

WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC's USDOT number is 157262, and its motor carrier number is MC-145194.

Is WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026. WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC's safety record?

WOOSTER MOTOR WAYS INC has a 12.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 125 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).