Carrier profile · USDOT 69971 · MC-146814 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

VAN WYK INC

209 power unitsavg 3.1 yrNational · 34 statesSHELDON, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-146814 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksvanwyk.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 10.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 111 vehicle and 337 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 9.8 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

325 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 20

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 209-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
209
Inspections · 24 mo
337
Annualized
≈169 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving161 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness5 · 5 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 275 total · 17 in 24 mo

275
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
115
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265145
20257017
20247047
20239049
2022110310
20219049
20208038
2019171616
2018130313
2017141614
20168037
2015120511
201412079
20139059
20123012
20117036
2010130212
200910039
20087037
20075015
20066036
20059018
20043013
20032002
20023022
20017156
20009148
1999112610
19985034
19977045
19965025
19953012
19941001
19936035
19927056
19914043
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026IA01Yes
Mar 15, 2026IA01Yes
Mar 14, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 7, 2026IL01Yes
Jan 16, 2026SD24Yes
Dec 13, 2025WV02Yes
Nov 26, 2025CT00Yes
Nov 7, 2025OK00Yes
Oct 29, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 10, 2025VA00Yes
May 23, 2025OH00Yes
May 2, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 14, 2024IA01Yes
Dec 11, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 30, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 18, 2024KY00Yes
Aug 19, 2024IA01Yes
Jul 9, 2024NY03Yes
Jan 19, 2024PA01Yes
Dec 22, 2023WI01Yes
Dec 21, 2023VA01Yes
Sep 28, 2023KS00Yes
Aug 4, 2023WI00Yes
Jun 24, 2023VA00Yes
Apr 7, 2023VA00Yes