Carrier profile · USDOT 1421872 · MC-1167490 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-atlantic LLC

DBA THE CHEFS WAREHOUSE

109 power unitsavg 3.4 yrMulti-region · 10 statesHANOVER, MD94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1167490 ACTIVE
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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 5.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 76 vehicle and 132 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 7.9 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

129 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 13

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 109-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
109
Inspections · 24 mo
132
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Dec 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 33 total · 7 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20246026
20232002
20222002
20212012
20203012
20192002
20181001
20173023
20163023
20142012
20132021
20122022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026MD00Yes
Aug 20, 2025PA00Yes
Feb 10, 2025MD00Yes
Nov 26, 2024MD01Yes
Nov 18, 2024MD00Yes
Sep 16, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 4, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 20, 2024DE01Yes
Jan 16, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 11, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 20, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 1, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 7, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 14, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 17, 2021DC01Yes
Aug 4, 2020MD00Yes
Jul 22, 2020OR00Yes
Jan 11, 2020DC01No
Sep 27, 2019IL00Yes
May 23, 2019MD00Yes
Dec 4, 2018MD00Yes
Dec 26, 2017MD00Yes
Nov 16, 2017MD01Yes
Jan 30, 2017PA02Yes
Nov 30, 2016MD00Yes