Carrier profile · USDOT 3102696 · MC-78408 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

West Coast Cargo Inc

153 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 45 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL88/100
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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 18.9%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 — 180 vehicle and 421 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

58.3% · 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 25.0 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

407 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 35

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 153-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
153
Inspections · 24 mo
422
Annualized
≈211 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving140 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
19False logs
2Drove over hours

13 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 14 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20258048
20246036
20231101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 18, 2026NJ02Yes
Mar 14, 2026OK02Yes
Feb 8, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2025CO01Yes
Aug 2, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 1, 2025TN01Yes
Mar 21, 2025CT01Yes
Mar 14, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 19, 2025AR00Yes
Feb 11, 2025NJ00Yes
Feb 5, 2025NY01Yes
Dec 27, 2024AR01Yes
Nov 1, 2024KY05Yes
Oct 24, 2024PA00Yes
May 29, 2024CT00Yes
Mar 17, 2024CT00Yes
Jan 5, 2024NJ01Yes
Jun 29, 2023MD10Yes