Carrier profile · USDOT 2074894 · MC-724874 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MIDWEST FREIGHT SYSTEMS CORP

382 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 20 statesWARREN, MI74/100
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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 34.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 286 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.1% · 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 6.9 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

275 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 23

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 382-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
382
Inspections · 24 mo
286
Annualized
≈143 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving118 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance59 · 55 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance54 · 15 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

51ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 211 total · 24 in 24 mo

211
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
70
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
2025110311
2024140414
2023101410
2022180718
2021190818
2020130513
2019151415
2018280725
2017290929
2016200419
201510069
20147027
20134024
20125034
20111001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 21, 2026MI02Yes
Mar 27, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 13, 2026IN01Yes
Mar 11, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 11, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 25, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 23, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 7, 2025MI01Yes
Sep 18, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 4, 2025MI01Yes
Jun 27, 2025WV00Yes
Jun 21, 2025MI00Yes
May 21, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 14, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2025MI01Yes
Dec 14, 2024MI00Yes
Nov 5, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 14, 2024MI01Yes
Sep 24, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 4, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 27, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 14, 2024WI01Yes
May 18, 2024MI00Yes