Carrier profile · USDOT 1880349 · MC-678205 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Greatway Transportation Inc

117 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 24 statesROMULUS, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-678205 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksgreatway-trans.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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 190 vehicle and 325 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.1% · 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 4.2 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

321 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 25

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 117-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
117
Inspections · 24 mo
326
Annualized
≈163 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Alert
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
69%
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 Driving126 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance63 · 52 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance55 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance38 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

97 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

43ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
25False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 63 total · 15 in 24 mo

63
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268128
20256025
20243013
20235015
20222012
20214004
20203003
20195015
20185005
20173013
20164004
20151001
2014100310
20133013
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026OH00Yes
May 31, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 5, 2026MI10Yes
Feb 11, 2026TX02Yes
Feb 4, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 30, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 24, 2026TX02Yes
Nov 4, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 15, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 15, 2025TX01No
Feb 19, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 24, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2025MI01Yes
Dec 2, 2024IN03Yes
Aug 5, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 12, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 5, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 8, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 1, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2023MI02Yes
Feb 1, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 21, 2022TX02Yes
Feb 18, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 14, 2021MI00Yes