Carrier profile · USDOT 2418668 · MC-845785 · Updated Jul 21, 2026

F & W Transportation LLC

89 power unitsavg 12.3 yrRegional · 6 statesGARY, IN74/100
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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 35.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 5.5 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

72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 89-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
89
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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 Driving73 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance36 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

59 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
18No log / no ELD
12False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 15 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20257037
20248038
20236226
20224004
20214114
20201011
20194014
20182002
20171001
20151001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 3, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 6, 2026IN00Yes
Oct 6, 2025IL02Yes
Oct 3, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 26, 2025IN02Yes
Jul 29, 2025OH01Yes
Jun 13, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 17, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 29, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 23, 2024IN02Yes
Nov 27, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 8, 2024WV00Yes
Oct 2, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 15, 2024IN01Yes
Jul 29, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 17, 2024IL01Yes
May 2, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 30, 2023IN20Yes
Oct 30, 2023IN20Yes
Aug 9, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 3, 2023IN01Yes
Jun 16, 2023IN00Yes
Apr 21, 2023IN02Yes
Nov 1, 2022IN00Yes