Carrier profile · USDOT 1014288 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Westway Heavy Transportation

DBA WESTWAY TOWING

6 power unitsavg 4.4 yrLocal · 1 statesLAUDERDALE LAKE, FL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkswestwaytowing.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 11.6%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 — 43 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.5% · 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 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 25

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
≈3.8 / 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
6
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈3.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 58 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 36 total · 2 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242011
20234004
20224023
20202012
20196015
20186145
20161011
20153123
20141011
20131001
20112012
20052022
20021010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026FL00Yes
Sep 25, 2024FL01No
Feb 5, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 17, 2023FL00Yes
Aug 12, 2023FL00Yes
Jun 12, 2023FL00Yes
Feb 8, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 18, 2022FL01Yes
Apr 12, 2022FL01No
Mar 31, 2022FL00Yes
Jan 4, 2022FL00Yes
Dec 28, 2020FL00Yes
Feb 13, 2020FL01Yes
Dec 18, 2019FL00Yes
Nov 12, 2019FL00Yes
Sep 4, 2019FL00Yes
Aug 28, 2019FL00Yes
May 22, 2019FL00Yes
Feb 19, 2019FL02No
Oct 9, 2018FL10Yes
Jul 2, 2018FL01No
Apr 26, 2018FL01Yes
Mar 11, 2018FL02Yes
Jan 14, 2018FL03Yes
Jan 12, 2018FL00Yes