Carrier profile · USDOT 3665903 · MC-1269264 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

The L & W Transport Group LLC

30 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 23 statesROMULUS, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1269264 ACTIVE
Verified linkslwtransportgroup.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 37.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 363 vehicle and 610 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.6% · 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 14.5 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

591 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 41

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈10.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
610
Annualized
≈305 / yr
Coverage
≈10.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

98%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
95%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving236 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance198 · 43 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance124 · 96 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance116 · 30 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance105 · 25 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance72 · 37 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance70 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

211 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

69ELD device issues
34No log / no ELD
60False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 22 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267037
2025101110
20249049
20233013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026MI01Yes
Apr 14, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 23, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 21, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH01Yes
Feb 20, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 10, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 18, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 30, 2025AR10Yes
Aug 25, 2025IN00Yes
May 20, 2025OH01Yes
Apr 10, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 28, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 16, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 20, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 24, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 10, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 18, 2024NC00Yes
Nov 14, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 24, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 13, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 5, 2024IL01Yes
Mar 15, 2024MI01Yes
Mar 7, 2024IN01Yes
Mar 3, 2024MI01Yes