Carrier profile · USDOT 184487 · MC-152053 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

WHITCHURCH & SON

7 power unitsavg 13 yrLocal · 1 statesCHICO, CA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152053 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 25.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 7.5 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 3

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 7-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20181011
20171001
20151001
20141011
20111001
20102022
20072012
20031011
20011001
20001001
19981001
19962012
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2018CA01Yes
Aug 31, 2017CA00Yes
Oct 2, 2015CA00Yes
Jan 30, 2014CA01Yes
Aug 28, 2011CA00Yes
Sep 1, 2010CA01Yes
Apr 9, 2010CA01Yes
Oct 3, 2007CA00Yes
Aug 4, 2007CA01Yes
Sep 5, 2003CA01Yes
Aug 29, 2001CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2000CA00Yes
Feb 5, 1998CA00Yes
Feb 23, 1996CA00Yes
Jan 11, 1996CA02Yes
May 17, 1995CA00Yes