Carrier profile · USDOT 145556 · MC-142969 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Western Distributing Company

DBA WESTERN DISTRIBUTING TRANSPORTATION CORP

155 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 22 statesDENVER, CO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142969 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 14.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 93 vehicle and 191 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · 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 2.9 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

185 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 155-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
155
Inspections · 24 mo
191
Annualized
≈96 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 295 total · 10 in 24 mo

295
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
97
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258048
20244014
20238047
20229029
20215045
20204004
20198047
20183003
20175005
20168018
20156016
20148027
20138037
2012111211
201110039
2010110211
2009111011
2008200419
2007131213
2006241722
20059029
20049039
200310159
2002120611
2001171811
2000131610
19997056
19989058
19975024
19967046
19951011
19942012
19931001
19925120
19903011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 23, 2026NV00Yes
Dec 20, 2025AZ03Yes
Nov 29, 2025NE00Yes
Sep 26, 2025CA01Yes
Jun 27, 2025IA00Yes
Apr 29, 2025TX02Yes
Mar 4, 2025CO05Yes
Feb 15, 2025UT00Yes
Feb 10, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 15, 2024CO00Yes
Jul 12, 2024CO01Yes
Jan 12, 2024CO00Yes
Jan 9, 2024OR00Yes
Nov 21, 2023NY01Yes
Oct 11, 2023MN00Yes
Apr 24, 2023DC00Yes
Apr 10, 2023TX01Yes
Apr 3, 2023ID01No
Mar 18, 2023TX01Yes
Jan 28, 2023WY00Yes
Jan 5, 2023CO00Yes
Dec 20, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2022CO00Yes
Oct 27, 2022AZ00Yes
Oct 6, 2022AZ00Yes