Carrier profile · USDOT 1708037 · MC-626742 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Northwest Freightway Inc

DBA NORTHWEST FREIGHTWAY

33 power unitsavg 6.4 yrRegional · 4 statesYUBA CITY, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-626742 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnwfreightway.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 11.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 286 vehicle and 379 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.8% · 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 5.2 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

378 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 35

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
≈5.9 / 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
33
Inspections · 24 mo
388
Annualized
≈194 / yr
Coverage
≈5.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
89%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
36%
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 Driving138 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance71 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 31 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

118 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

37ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
41False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 79 total · 5 in 24 mo

79
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253003
20244014
20232002
20225015
20217017
2020110510
20197037
20188008
20173003
20165115
20154014
20148008
20134014
20122002
20104004
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 23, 2026CA02Yes
Nov 25, 2025OR00Yes
Jul 29, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 3, 2025OR00Yes
Sep 24, 2024OR01Yes
Aug 8, 2024OR00Yes
Feb 18, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2024OR00Yes
Oct 26, 2023OR00Yes
Apr 26, 2023WA00Yes
Nov 21, 2022CA01Yes
Jul 18, 2022OR00Yes
Apr 4, 2022OR00Yes
Feb 14, 2022WA00Yes
Jan 5, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 27, 2021OR00Yes
Jun 17, 2021WA00Yes
Jun 14, 2021WA00Yes
Apr 27, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 30, 2021CA01Yes
Feb 16, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2020OR02Yes
Nov 17, 2020WA00Yes
Sep 7, 2020OR00Yes