Carrier profile · USDOT 113158 · MC-1317853 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

The Whitaker Company

24 power unitsavg 8.7 yrRegional · 6 statesATLANTA, GA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1317853 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 5.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.1% · 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

56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 6

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 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 24
Inspections · 24 mo: 60
Annualized: ≈30 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
172.516 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
173.24 Other violationOther2 · 2 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 24, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	1	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	4	0	3	2
2001	1	1	0	0
1998	1	0	0	1
1996	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 1, 2026	FL	1	0	Yes
Nov 7, 2023	GA	0	0	Yes
Nov 9, 2020	FL	0	0	Yes
Sep 26, 2018	GA	0	0	Yes
Apr 23, 2014	NC	0	1	Yes
Aug 2, 2013	GA	0	1	Yes
Dec 22, 2009	GA	0	0	Yes
Mar 27, 2007	LA	0	0	Yes
Aug 29, 2006	FL	0	1	No
May 5, 2006	SC	0	2	No
Mar 8, 2006	GA	0	2	Yes
Feb 1, 2006	AL	0	0	Yes
Sep 24, 2001	FL	1	0	No
Jun 8, 1998	GA	0	0	Yes
Jan 18, 1996	GA	0	3	Yes