Carrier profile · USDOT 1465714 · MC-553683 · Updated Jul 1, 2026

Northwest Carrier Express LLC

14 power unitsavg 9.2 yrRegional · 3 statesFEDERAL WAY, WA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-553683 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 20.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 94 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 8

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
≈3.4 / 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
14
Inspections · 24 mo
94
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈3.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
6%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 0 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20211001
20201001
20191001
20181101
20175025
20151001
20144014
20132002
20111011
20102011
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 26, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2021WA00Yes
Aug 12, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 5, 2019CA00Yes
Aug 24, 2018CA10Yes
Nov 9, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2017CA01Yes
May 24, 2017CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2017OR00Yes
Jan 20, 2017OR01Yes
May 6, 2015CA00Yes
Dec 21, 2014CA01Yes
Jul 26, 2014UT00Yes
Apr 23, 2014WA00Yes
Feb 9, 2014CA00Yes
Dec 15, 2013OR00Yes
Sep 19, 2013CA00Yes
Aug 24, 2011CA01Yes
Sep 18, 2010CA01No
Sep 8, 2010OR00Yes
Nov 7, 2007CA00Yes