Carrier profile · USDOT 292644 · MC-187929 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

V & S Midwest Carriers Corp

DBA MIDWEST CARRIERS

169 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 30 statesKAUKAUNA, WI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-187929 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 37.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 129 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 6.3 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

125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 10

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 169-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
169
Inspections · 24 mo
129
Annualized
65 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 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.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 198 total · 11 in 24 mo

198
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
72
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
20254004
20243013
20234124
20227037
20215114
2020100310
2019111411
20184004
201711069
20162002
20155044
20147017
20139159
20126036
20114114
20103012
20097026
2008130412
200710029
20069048
20057037
200411059
20036026
20026026
20015124
20006046
19993013
19985015
19972012
19963023
19952002
19941011
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026WI01Yes
Jun 9, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 29, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 11, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 27, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 15, 2026OH00Yes
Nov 29, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 11, 2025WI00Yes
Apr 21, 2025WI00Yes
Feb 25, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 5, 2024WI02Yes
Jun 26, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 11, 2024WI00Yes
Dec 16, 2023MN00Yes
Nov 7, 2023WI01Yes
Oct 13, 2023WI00Yes
Jul 31, 2023KY22Yes
Oct 18, 2022FL02Yes
Aug 14, 2022WI00Yes
Apr 12, 2022IA00Yes
Feb 17, 2022IL01Yes
Feb 2, 2022IL02Yes
Jan 21, 2022IN00Yes
Jan 5, 2022NJ00Yes
Oct 18, 2021WI10No