V & S Midwest Carriers Corp
DBA MIDWEST CARRIERS
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 10
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 169
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 129
- Annualized
- ≈65 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 24 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 198 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2026 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2024 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2023 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2023 | KY | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2022 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2022 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2022 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2021 | WI | 1 | 0 | No |