Carrier profile · USDOT 2192974 · MC-761081 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Safe Way Carrier LLC

61 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 37 statesSTRAFFORD, MO87/100
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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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 158 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.8 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

145 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 61-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
158
Annualized
≈79 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
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 Driving70 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 19 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 14 total · 5 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252002
20243013
20231001
20212002
20201010
20191011
20171001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 5, 2026OK00Yes
Nov 23, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2025MS00Yes
Sep 23, 2024AR00Yes
Apr 24, 2024PA00Yes
Feb 7, 2024MN01Yes
Oct 12, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 15, 2021AL00Yes
Jul 29, 2021FL00Yes
Apr 23, 2020TX02No
Jun 6, 2019AR01Yes
Jul 19, 2017PA00Yes
Oct 26, 2012IN00Yes