Carrier profile · USDOT 542625 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

West Texas Drum Company Ltd

9 power unitsavg 9 yrRegional · 6 statesODESSA, TX93/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 27.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 17.9 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 22
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

45%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

80%

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2021	2	1	0	2
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	3	0	1	3
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	0	2
2014	1	0	1	0
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	0	2
2003	1	0	0	1
2002	1	1	1	1
2000	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Oct 26, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 2, 2021	TX	1	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2019	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 29, 2017	NM	0	0	Yes
Sep 25, 2017	TX	0	1	Yes
Jan 15, 2017	TX	0	0	Yes
Jul 27, 2016	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 18, 2015	OK	0	0	Yes
Jan 22, 2015	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 2, 2014	TX	0	5	No
Feb 4, 2013	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 8, 2012	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 24, 2004	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 26, 2004	KS	0	0	Yes
Apr 25, 2003	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 19, 2002	TX	1	1	Yes
May 23, 2000	TX	0	0	Yes