Carrier profile · USDOT 1215999 · MC-482672 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Western Specialized Inc

33 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 15 statesMANKATO, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-482672 ACTIVE
Verified linkstruckwestern.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 14.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 140 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 4.3 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

134 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
141
Annualized
≈71 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 3 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20232022
20221011
20213113
20202012
20191001
20184034
20172002
20163013
20152002
20142002
20121001
20112002
20091001
20082011
20071001
20042002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2025UT00Yes
Jul 31, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 15, 2025MN00Yes
Sep 12, 2023AZ01Yes
Jun 29, 2023MN01Yes
Dec 1, 2022CA01Yes
Sep 8, 2021CA13Yes
Jul 20, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 8, 2021WA00Yes
Sep 9, 2020WY00Yes
Aug 17, 2020CA01Yes
Dec 28, 2019WY00Yes
Oct 16, 2018WY01Yes
Jun 5, 2018CO01Yes
Apr 3, 2018MN02Yes
Jan 21, 2018NE00Yes
Mar 8, 2017NM00Yes
Jan 5, 2017WY00Yes
Dec 13, 2016IA00Yes
Jul 19, 2016CA02Yes
Jun 28, 2016UT00Yes
Dec 23, 2015MN00Yes
Aug 18, 2015CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2014WY00Yes
May 20, 2014CA00Yes