Carrier profile · USDOT 1397565 · MC-524959 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Northwest Carriers Inc

46 power unitsavg 7.5 yrLocal · 2 statesOTHELLO, WA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-524959 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnorthwestcarriers.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 30.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 56 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · 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 34.8 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

56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 5

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 46-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
56
Annualized
≈28 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 31 total · 4 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252002
20241001
20222002
20213003
20204004
20193013
20172002
20161001
20152002
20131001
20111001
20092002
20083003
20071011
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2026WA00Yes
Jan 2, 2026WA01Yes
Sep 15, 2025WA00Yes
Jan 15, 2025OR00Yes
May 3, 2024WA00Yes
Aug 10, 2022WA00Yes
Jan 12, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 16, 2021WA00Yes
Aug 9, 2021WA00Yes
Apr 6, 2021WA00Yes
Oct 28, 2020WA00Yes
Jul 24, 2020WA00Yes
Jan 13, 2020WA00Yes
Jan 6, 2020WA00Yes
Dec 4, 2019WA00Yes
Oct 8, 2019WA00Yes
Mar 8, 2019WA01Yes
Dec 15, 2017WA00Yes
Apr 20, 2017WA00Yes
Oct 27, 2016WA00Yes
Apr 13, 2015WA00Yes
Feb 25, 2015WA00Yes
Jul 11, 2013WA00Yes
Nov 10, 2011WA00Yes
Jan 2, 2009WA00Yes