Carrier profile · USDOT 2318092 · MC-791357 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Horizon West Inc

219 power unitsavg 13.3 yrNational · 18 statesCLEVELAND, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-791357 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 29.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 126 vehicle and 208 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.4% · 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 32.4 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

205 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 15

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 219-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
219
Inspections · 24 mo
208
Annualized
≈104 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance76 · 32 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving72 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 62% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 41 total · 7 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264104
20252012
20243013
20231011
20225005
20213003
20201001
20195005
20182022
20175014
20164024
20155014
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026MO00Yes
May 4, 2026AL10Yes
Apr 6, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 14, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 25, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 26, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 17, 2024MO02Yes
Jul 20, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 26, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 19, 2023MO01Yes
Oct 24, 2022GA00Yes
Oct 13, 2022GA00Yes
Aug 31, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 23, 2022GA00Yes
Jun 30, 2022MO00Yes
Nov 6, 2021MS00Yes
Mar 29, 2021KS00Yes
Jan 14, 2021FL00Yes
Mar 16, 2020KS00Yes
Nov 11, 2019KS00Yes
Jul 10, 2019TN00Yes
Apr 3, 2019AL00Yes
Mar 13, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 16, 2019MS00Yes
Jul 3, 2018TN01Yes