Carrier profile · USDOT 1102094 · MC-451690 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NORTHWEST FREIGHTWAYS LTD

13 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 4 statesSURREY, BC96/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451690 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnorthwestfreightways.caFMCSA 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 9.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 67 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.7% · 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 14.2 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

80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 11

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
≈3.1 / 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
13
Inspections · 24 mo
81
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈3.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
3Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 0 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20221001
20201001
20161001
20152012
20142012
20134034
20124004
20111001
20092002
20083003
20072012
20063003
20052002
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 9, 2023WA00Yes
Feb 1, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 10, 2020OR00Yes
Jan 31, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 27, 2015WA01Yes
Jul 23, 2015WA00Yes
Jul 12, 2014NV00Yes
May 22, 2014CA01Yes
Nov 20, 2013CA02Yes
Oct 29, 2013CA02Yes
Aug 30, 2013OR01Yes
Apr 26, 2013CA00Yes
Aug 11, 2012CA00Yes
Jun 27, 2012WA00Yes
Jan 25, 2012WA00Yes
Jan 19, 2012WA00Yes
Jul 2, 2011WA00Yes
Sep 14, 2009CA00Yes
May 27, 2009WA00Yes
Nov 1, 2008WA00Yes
Apr 25, 2008CA00Yes
Mar 9, 2008OR00Yes
Aug 8, 2007OR00Yes
Apr 8, 2007CA03Yes
Dec 3, 2006OR00Yes