Carrier profile · USDOT 1197391 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Waste Connections of Florida Inc

DBA WASTE CONNECTIONS

551 power unitsavg 8.9 yrLocal · 1 statesALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 35.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 98 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 13.7 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

93 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 551-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
551
Inspections · 24 mo
98
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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.

  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 22 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 143 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 243 total · 16 in 24 mo

243
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
120
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
202510167
2024160715
2023150813
2022140313
2021190817
2020110510
2019250825
2018172617
20171001
2016161514
20153101329
2014171916
20131421013
20122021
201110097
20104041
20094130
20085045
20076052
20063022
20042122
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026FL01Yes
Aug 20, 2025FL11No
Jun 27, 2025FL01No
Jun 23, 2025FL01No
Apr 15, 2025FL01Yes
Apr 12, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 24, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 12, 2025FL01Yes
Feb 4, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 24, 2025FL01Yes
Jan 13, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 22, 2024FL01Yes
Nov 13, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 7, 2024FL01Yes
Oct 25, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 18, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 17, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 30, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 19, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 7, 2024FL02Yes
May 27, 2024FL00Yes
Mar 15, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 14, 2024FL00Yes
Feb 21, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 26, 2024FL01Yes