Carrier profile · USDOT 427949 · MC-237709 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

W & A DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC

59 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 29 statesFORT ATKINSON, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-237709 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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 83 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 4.5 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

80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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
0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 59-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
83
Annualized
42 / yr
Coverage
0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 98 total · 7 in 24 mo

98
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20251001
20244024
20231001
20223003
20211010
20204024
20197027
20187036
20173013
20163013
20155025
20143003
20134014
20124014
20114034
20105135
20091011
20081001
20073003
20062011
20043003
20031001
20027136
19994024
19982002
19973003
19963013
19952012
19941101
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 1, 2026OH02Yes
Apr 28, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 30, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 10, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 24, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 16, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 19, 2024OK00Yes
Jul 25, 2024WI01Yes
Jan 17, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 5, 2024NJ01Yes
Oct 6, 2023WI00Yes
Aug 20, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 15, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 24, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 1, 2021TX01No
Dec 21, 2020WI02Yes
Dec 16, 2020PA03Yes
Nov 17, 2020WI00Yes
Jan 9, 2020MO00Yes
Dec 12, 2019WI00Yes
Dec 4, 2019GA00Yes
Nov 25, 2019IL01Yes
Apr 11, 2019WI00Yes
Feb 13, 2019MT00Yes
Feb 11, 2019WI01Yes