Carrier profile · USDOT 165881 · MC-160875 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

West Side Transport Inc

550 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 24 statesCEDAR RAPIDS, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-160875 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkswestsidetransport.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 31.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 231 vehicle and 554 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 2.4 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

541 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 38

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 550-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
550
Inspections · 24 mo
555
Annualized
≈278 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
69%
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 Driving320 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance93 · 82 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance60 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 918 total · 57 in 24 mo

918
Total crashes
57
In last 24 mo
29
Fatal
353
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269038
20253921037
2024230823
2023251924
2022231823
2021201518
20203101529
2019310929
20184721344
2017241524
20162901128
2015290929
20142401222
20133401233
20122701325
2011190719
2010212720
2009262724
20082711124
20072811125
2006232821
2005221920
2004300929
2003190815
2002230922
2001250524
20004112332
19992621025
19983121924
19973431431
19962501325
1995180817
19943001428
1993141810
19926224
199111058
19904142
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2026MI00Yes
May 14, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 25, 2026MI01Yes
Mar 19, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 8, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 26, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 15, 2026OH01Yes
Jan 9, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 8, 2026IL01No
Dec 9, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 8, 2025OH01No
Dec 6, 2025GA03Yes
Dec 5, 2025OH01Yes
Nov 26, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 25, 2025OH01No
Nov 21, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 29, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 28, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 27, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 26, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 24, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 20, 2025MI01Yes
Oct 13, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 9, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 8, 2025TN00Yes