Western Contra Costa Transit Authority
DBA WESTCAT
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 18
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 1
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 27
- Annualized
- ≈14 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈13.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 52 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2019 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |