Carrier profile · USDOT 3097519 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

PRIORITY WASTE LLC

DBA PRIORITY WASTE

859 power unitsavg 4.8 yrRegional · 3 statesCLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksprioritywaste.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 39.1%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 — 69 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 44.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

105 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jul '25 · 12

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 859-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
859
Inspections · 24 mo
113
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
80%
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 Driving113 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 17 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 151 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 121 total · 91 in 24 mo

121
Total crashes
91
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026210521
2025461842
20243701133
2023120311
20211001
20201001
20183003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 5, 2026MI01Yes
May 30, 2026MI00Yes
May 21, 2026MI00Yes
May 18, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 30, 2026MI01Yes
Apr 24, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 1, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 30, 2026MI01Yes
Mar 30, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 24, 2026MI01Yes
Mar 16, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 9, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 27, 2026MI02Yes
Feb 12, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 11, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 10, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 10, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 10, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 12, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 5, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 31, 2025MI01No
Dec 26, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 22, 2025MI10Yes
Dec 19, 2025MI00Yes