Carrier profile · USDOT 492714 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Welch Bros Inc

56 power unitsavg 8.7 yrRegional · 3 statesBARTLETT, IL74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkswelchbrothers.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 40.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 8.3 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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 56-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
56
Inspections · 24 mo
7
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
7.25measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.124 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 12 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 30 total · 1 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243023
20231011
20213013
20202002
20184014
20161111
20141011
20121010
20111011
20101001
20081011
20072012
20051011
20041001
20033003
19972011
19962011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 8, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 15, 2024IL02Yes
Jan 30, 2024IL01Yes
Dec 21, 2023IL02Yes
Dec 14, 2021IL02Yes
Aug 18, 2021IL00Yes
May 28, 2021IL00Yes
Jun 5, 2020IL00Yes
Jun 1, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 18, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 23, 2018IL01Yes
Mar 8, 2018IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2018IL00Yes
Jul 8, 2016IL12Yes
Oct 7, 2014IL01Yes
Nov 16, 2012IL01No
Sep 6, 2011IL01Yes
Aug 17, 2010IL00Yes
Jun 30, 2008IL01Yes
Aug 15, 2007IL00Yes
Jun 28, 2007IL01Yes
Feb 14, 2005IL01Yes
Apr 8, 2004IL00Yes
Oct 14, 2003IL00Yes
Sep 27, 2003IL00Yes