Carrier profile · USDOT 179522 · MC-240321 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

United Natural Foods West Inc

DBA UNFI

87 power unitsavg 3.5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesRIDGEFIELD, WA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-240321 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 25.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 75 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 13.6 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 7

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 87-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
87
Inspections · 24 mo
75
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 253 total · 8 in 24 mo

253
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
68
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20255015
20242002
20236025
2022140314
20213301431
2020240623
2019170417
2018170317
2017141413
2016201517
2015140314
201410019
20136016
2012120212
20118138
20107036
20096016
20087037
20075005
20065025
20051001
20041001
20022012
20012002
20001001
19992002
19981011
19971001
19962022
19951011
19941001
19932022
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2026WA00Yes
May 8, 2026MT00Yes
Feb 26, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 26, 2025WA00Yes
May 27, 2025TX01Yes
May 13, 2025MT00Yes
Mar 9, 2025OR00Yes
Jan 3, 2025MT00Yes
Jul 30, 2024WA00Yes
Feb 21, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 22, 2023NY02No
Nov 20, 2023OH01Yes
Sep 10, 2023WA00Yes
Apr 27, 2023SC00Yes
Jan 25, 2023CO00Yes
Jan 19, 2023NJ00Yes
Dec 1, 2022MT00Yes
Nov 4, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 18, 2022MD00Yes
Jun 20, 2022MA00Yes
May 20, 2022CA01Yes
May 3, 2022WI00Yes
Apr 17, 2022CA01Yes
Apr 11, 2022OR00Yes
Apr 2, 2022WA00Yes