Carrier profile · USDOT 2328966 · MC-795052 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Safeway Truck Lines LLC

43 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 27 statesGRAND PRAIRIE, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-795052 ACTIVE
Verified linkssafewaytrucklines.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 32.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 106 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 19.4 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

103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 10

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 43-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
106
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
17False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 74% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 10 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20249149
20231001
20227126
20218028
20208158
20192012
20182002
20173013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 26, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 29, 2025GA01Yes
May 24, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 27, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 16, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 16, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 12, 2024WV01Yes
Oct 27, 2024WI01Yes
Oct 18, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 30, 2024WI00Yes
May 16, 2024AZ21Yes
Jan 15, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 9, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 28, 2022VA00Yes
Nov 13, 2022VA03Yes
Jul 17, 2022AR10Yes
May 4, 2022ME00Yes
Apr 25, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 23, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2022PA01No
Dec 18, 2021KY00Yes
Oct 27, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 13, 2021GA01Yes
May 22, 2021TX01Yes
May 19, 2021MO00Yes