Carrier profile · USDOT 1136287 · MC-457858 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Western Express Transporters Inc

59 power unitsavg 15.9 yrRegional · 3 statesYUMA, AZ93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-457858 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkswestexp.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 31.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 150 vehicle and 170 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 13.9 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

165 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 59-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
170
Annualized
≈85 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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 Driving163 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance67 · 15 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance59 · 23 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance43 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance38 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 17 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 17 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 40 total · 0 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20234024
20224024
20212012
20202002
20194014
20182002
20173003
20162002
20141011
20131011
20113013
20103013
20081011
20071001
20061011
20052002
20041001
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 15, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 26, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 19, 2023CA01Yes
Jul 14, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 5, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 18, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 28, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 26, 2022CA01Yes
Apr 11, 2022CA01Yes
Jul 5, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 10, 2021CA01Yes
Dec 5, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 17, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 20, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 3, 2019CA01Yes
Mar 25, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 11, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 28, 2018AZ00Yes
Feb 20, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 4, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 27, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2017CA00Yes
Oct 11, 2016AZ00Yes
Aug 23, 2016CA00Yes