Carrier profile · USDOT 325568 · MC-163357 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

East-west Inc

30 power unitsavg 5.9 yrMulti-region · 13 statesFLETCHER, NC87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-163357 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 29.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 64 vehicle and 126 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.2% · 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 19.3 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 11

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
126
Annualized
63 / yr
Coverage
2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.14measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 69 total · 5 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20242002
20233023
20221001
20213003
20203013
20194014
20185035
20162002
20154014
20132011
20123013
20103003
20093023
20072011
20064033
20051011
20044024
20032002
20021011
20012002
20001001
19993021
19971011
19962022
19931001
19911010
19902012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 3, 2025WY00Yes
Jun 1, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 10, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 23, 2024AR00Yes
Feb 14, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 11, 2023NC01Yes
Jul 6, 2023AZ00Yes
Jun 13, 2023IL01Yes
Oct 19, 2022AR00Yes
Dec 29, 2021CO00Yes
Dec 21, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 26, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 10, 2020AZ00Yes
Jun 1, 2020KY01Yes
Jan 24, 2020NC00Yes
Oct 20, 2019WY03Yes
Aug 5, 2019IL00Yes
Apr 15, 2019OK00Yes
Mar 5, 2019IN00Yes
Oct 2, 2018NC01Yes
Jul 30, 2018IN00Yes
Jul 26, 2018IN00Yes
Jun 6, 2018TN01Yes
Mar 30, 2018NC01Yes