Carrier profile · USDOT 1998953 · MC-735411 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Waste Connections of Iowa Inc

DBA TOWN & COUNTRY DISPOSAL

76 power unitsavg 8.3 yrLocal · 1 statesDES MOINES, IA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-735411 ACTIVE

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 77.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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 76-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: 76
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

72%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

75%

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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 37 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 26 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2022	2	0	0	2
2021	2	0	0	2
2020	3	0	2	3
2019	5	0	0	5
2018	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	2	0	0	2
2013	2	0	0	2
2010	1	0	1	0
2009	1	0	1	1
2008	2	1	0	1
2007	2	0	1	2
2004	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 25, 2025	IA	0	0	Yes
Jul 28, 2022	IA	0	0	Yes
Jul 28, 2022	IA	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2021	IA	0	0	Yes
Oct 6, 2021	IA	0	0	Yes
Nov 12, 2020	IA	0	2	Yes
Sep 26, 2020	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 28, 2020	IA	0	1	Yes
Dec 11, 2019	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 30, 2019	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 5, 2019	IA	0	0	Yes
Feb 4, 2019	IA	0	0	Yes
Jan 21, 2019	IA	0	0	Yes
May 18, 2018	IA	0	1	Yes
Apr 5, 2016	IA	0	1	Yes
Nov 23, 2015	IA	0	0	Yes
Nov 2, 2015	IA	0	0	Yes
Dec 10, 2013	IA	0	0	Yes
Jul 3, 2013	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 3, 2010	IA	0	1	No
Jul 27, 2009	IA	0	2	Yes
Nov 7, 2008	IA	1	0	No
Feb 6, 2008	IA	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2007	IA	0	1	Yes
Aug 14, 2007	IA	0	0	Yes