Carrier profile · USDOT 264428 · MC-179862 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DW Transport & Leasing Inc

DBA DWT

27 power unitsavg 10.2 yrMulti-region · 8 statesN FRANKLIN, CT86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-179862 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 46.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 49 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 14.3 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

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 4

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 27-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
25 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 76 total · 0 in 24 mo

76
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242022
20232002
20222002
20211001
20204034
20192012
20183003
20171011
20163013
20154024
20142002
20122002
20114004
20103013
20096016
20082012
20072022
20061010
20052002
20042002
20034024
20023023
20013003
19992002
19986036
19965025
19953013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 25, 2024NY01Yes
Jan 5, 2024CT01Yes
Nov 7, 2023CT00Yes
Jun 6, 2023MA00Yes
Dec 16, 2022MA00Yes
Mar 16, 2022CT00Yes
Mar 25, 2021CT00Yes
Oct 22, 2020CT01Yes
Jul 10, 2020CT03Yes
Mar 9, 2020CT01Yes
Jan 13, 2020CT00Yes
Dec 19, 2019MA00Yes
Sep 4, 2019PA01Yes
Jun 14, 2018CT00Yes
May 9, 2018CT00Yes
Jan 15, 2018MA00Yes
Oct 27, 2017CT02Yes
Jun 29, 2016CT01Yes
Feb 11, 2016CT00Yes
Jan 14, 2016CT00Yes
Dec 28, 2015MA01Yes
Sep 22, 2015MA03Yes
Jun 25, 2015CT00Yes
Feb 7, 2015CT00Yes
Jun 23, 2014CT00Yes