Carrier profile · USDOT 589006 · MC-1778380 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Costco Wholesale Corporation

DBA COSTCO WHOLESALE

1,436 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 28 statesISSAQUAH, WA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1778380 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkscostco.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 7.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,142 vehicle and 1,559 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 3.8 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

1,528 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 89

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,436-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,436
Inspections · 24 mo
1,562
Annualized
≈781 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving235 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance113 · 33 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance66 · 32 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 30 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance39 · 10 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 650 total · 95 in 24 mo

650
Total crashes
95
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
202
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263011428
20254511144
20246332458
20234601744
20224911049
20215611454
20204411543
20194101041
20184101141
2017220721
2016261526
2015220421
2014170817
2013130513
2012200420
2011130312
2010181818
2009141414
2008160713
2007120312
2006120712
200510039
20046035
20035025
20022002
20004013
19962112
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2026GA01Yes
Jun 16, 2026WA00Yes
Jun 16, 2026MI01Yes
Jun 11, 2026IL00Yes
Jun 7, 2026NJ00Yes
May 27, 2026MD00Yes
May 23, 2026MI01Yes
May 19, 2026GA02Yes
May 18, 2026CA01Yes
May 12, 2026FL00Yes
May 10, 2026MD00Yes
May 1, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 19, 2026WA00Yes
Apr 19, 2026MD01Yes
Apr 10, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 4, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 3, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 17, 2026TX01No
Mar 5, 2026NJ00Yes
Feb 18, 2026MD01Yes
Feb 14, 2026FL16Yes
Feb 11, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 6, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 5, 2026NJ00Yes