Carrier profile · USDOT 70728 · MC-126717 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Walt's Drive-a-way Service LLC

116 power unitsavg 12.6 yrNational · 20 statesEVANSVILLE, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-126717 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 22.4%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 — 49 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 9.0 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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 13

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 116-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
116
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 233 total · 7 in 24 mo

233
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
94
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253103
20246026
20235025
20222012
20215124
20207017
20195045
20189249
20174014
20166026
20155015
20149129
2013150513
20121001
20117027
20108148
20096026
20089039
20079049
20066045
20055035
20049039
20035015
20026056
20014123
20003023
199910059
19986026
199711059
1996150614
19956046
19947047
19939039
19925024
19913012
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 15, 2026IN00Yes
Sep 26, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 21, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 28, 2025IN20Yes
Oct 11, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 2, 2024KY00Yes
Aug 13, 2024OH01Yes
May 2, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 18, 2024IL01Yes
Jan 17, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 24, 2023TN01Yes
Sep 20, 2023IL01Yes
Aug 21, 2023IN00Yes
Apr 7, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 9, 2023IN00Yes
Jun 14, 2022IN00Yes
May 10, 2022IN04Yes
Dec 5, 2021KY02Yes
Oct 4, 2021IL07Yes
Feb 2, 2021IN10No
Jan 17, 2021MO00Yes
Jan 5, 2021IN00Yes
Dec 28, 2020IN01Yes
Dec 22, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 26, 2020IN00Yes