Carrier profile · USDOT 173701 · MC-147010 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Whalen Trucking Inc

65 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 23 statesWAVERLY, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147010 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkswhalentrucking.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 23.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 26 vehicle and 93 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 20.9 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

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 10

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 65-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
93
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 56 total · 3 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20232022
20223013
20213013
20204004
20192012
20187027
20161001
20152112
20141011
20121001
20112012
20101001
20091011
20081001
20073033
20043023
20023033
20003013
19993012
19981001
19974034
19941001
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2026IL00Yes
Jul 30, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 11, 2023IL01Yes
Mar 3, 2023IL01Yes
Nov 21, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 11, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 21, 2022AR01Yes
Dec 5, 2021IL01Yes
Nov 24, 2021IL00Yes
Jan 25, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 24, 2020OH00Yes
Jul 23, 2020IA00Yes
Jan 23, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 21, 2020IL00Yes
Mar 12, 2019MS01Yes
Mar 12, 2019VA00Yes
Sep 27, 2018MO01Yes
Sep 5, 2018MI00Yes
May 14, 2018WV00Yes
Apr 4, 2018OH01Yes
Mar 1, 2018IL00Yes
Mar 1, 2018IL00Yes
Feb 11, 2018MO00Yes
Jun 29, 2016OH00Yes