Carrier profile · USDOT 383914 · MC-196859 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

W L a Inc

65 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 31 statesMOUNT AIRY, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-196859 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkswlainc.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 4.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 205 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

3.6% · 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 2.9 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

201 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 14

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 65-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
205
Annualized
≈103 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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 Driving49 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 173 total · 5 in 24 mo

173
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
74
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20245015
20234004
20226026
20214034
20204014
20192002
20185015
20174014
20166046
20159029
20148028
20133003
20124014
20116126
20104004
20091011
20086006
20078057
20066026
20055024
20047047
20038057
20025044
20019059
2000111611
19997047
19986046
19977037
19962022
19951011
19943022
19932012
19912011
19901111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 25, 2026TN01Yes
Jan 16, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 16, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 15, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2024MT02Yes
Mar 28, 2024AR00Yes
Mar 25, 2024AZ00Yes
Sep 8, 2023NV00Yes
Apr 27, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 29, 2023OK00Yes
Jan 9, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 29, 2022AR02Yes
Oct 12, 2022TN00Yes
Apr 3, 2022OK00Yes
Mar 4, 2022NC02Yes
Feb 24, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 16, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 18, 2021IN01Yes
Sep 2, 2021CA01Yes
Mar 24, 2021NM01Yes
Feb 17, 2021MO00Yes
Sep 27, 2020VA00Yes
Sep 5, 2020IL00Yes
Aug 18, 2020NC00Yes
Jun 13, 2020VA02Yes