WIKEL BULK EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 22
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 13
- Annualized
- ≈7 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 45 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2026 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 13, 2024 | KY | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2024 | IN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 27, 2023 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2022 | IA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2021 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2019 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2017 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2017 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2017 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2016 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2015 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 10, 2015 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2014 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2014 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2014 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2012 | OH | 0 | 2 | No |
| Apr 22, 2012 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2012 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2011 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 28, 2010 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |