Carrier profile · USDOT 138208 · MC-684448 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SAFEWAY INC

327 power unitsavg 6.9 yrRegional · 5 statesBOISE, ID88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-684448 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 7.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 477 vehicle and 620 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

594 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 42

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 327-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
327
Inspections · 24 mo
620
Annualized
≈310 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving122 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance52 · 21 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 35 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

18ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 623 total · 28 in 24 mo

623
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
18
Fatal
208
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
2025170616
2024250725
2023141314
2022160616
2021200720
2020170616
2019290728
2018271727
20173601333
20162101019
2015210620
2014211319
2013180518
2012230922
2011190419
2010212521
2009221522
2008190619
2007301928
2006301830
2005170716
2004161816
2003231723
20029129
2001141514
200010148
1999131811
199810169
1997102410
1996110511
19958066
19947036
19934032
19926022
199113054
19903110
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 4, 2026WA00Yes
Feb 25, 2026CA00Yes
Jan 18, 2026CA00Yes
Nov 29, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 23, 2025WA00Yes
Nov 1, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 1, 2025WA02Yes
Jul 20, 2025WA01Yes
Jul 20, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 29, 2025CA01Yes
Jun 25, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 19, 2025WA01No
Jun 15, 2025WA01Yes
Jun 11, 2025WA00Yes
May 18, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2025WA00Yes
Mar 31, 2025WA00Yes
Mar 11, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 1, 2025WA00Yes
Feb 13, 2025WA01Yes
Dec 23, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 7, 2024WA00Yes
Dec 7, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 22, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 5, 2024CA00Yes