Carrier profile · USDOT 313655 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

W S Newell & Sons Inc

DBA W S NEWELL FARMS

55 power unitsavg 3.7 yrLocal · 1 statesMONTGOMERY, AL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkswsnewell.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 12.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 78 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 27.5 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 9

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 55-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
78
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 125 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 41 total · 5 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20242022
20231011
20221011
20211011
20204014
20191010
20171001
20163022
20141001
20101101
20091011
20082002
20041001
20031001
20022012
20011001
20003013
19996035
19961001
19941011
19922012
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 23, 2026AL00Yes
Nov 3, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 3, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 12, 2024AL01Yes
Dec 12, 2024AL01Yes
Dec 15, 2023AL02Yes
Feb 18, 2022AL01Yes
Oct 21, 2021AL01Yes
Aug 19, 2020AL00Yes
Aug 19, 2020AL00Yes
Aug 19, 2020AL00Yes
Aug 5, 2020AL02Yes
Feb 25, 2019AL01No
Oct 31, 2017AL00Yes
Nov 22, 2016AL00Yes
Aug 25, 2016AL01Yes
Apr 11, 2016AL01No
Mar 24, 2014MS00Yes
Jun 30, 2010AL10Yes
Jan 22, 2009AL01Yes
May 30, 2008AL00Yes
May 30, 2008AL00Yes
May 25, 2004AL00Yes
Oct 1, 2003AL00Yes
Sep 24, 2002AL00Yes