Carrier profile · USDOT 300085 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

WILLIAMS DISTRIBUTING CO

82 power unitsavg 4.1 yrRegional · 3 statesGRAND RAPIDS, MI88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
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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 0.0%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 — 6 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

22 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Aug '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 82-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
82
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
2%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 40 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 34 total · 3 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20243023
20232002
20222012
20213013
20201001
20195025
20182002
20161001
20151001
20143023
20122022
20081001
19991010
19983033
19971010
19961111
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 9, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 3, 2024MI01Yes
Aug 7, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 19, 2024MI02Yes
Oct 30, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 15, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 11, 2022MI01Yes
Jan 5, 2022MI00Yes
Jun 18, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 19, 2021MI01Yes
Feb 15, 2021MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2020MI00Yes
Nov 11, 2019MI00Yes
Aug 22, 2019MI00Yes
Jun 18, 2019MI01Yes
Feb 13, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2019MI01Yes
Apr 17, 2018MI00Yes
Apr 12, 2018MI00Yes
Jan 29, 2016MI00Yes
Mar 10, 2015MI00Yes
Oct 28, 2014MI01Yes
Mar 20, 2014MI00Yes
Jan 31, 2014MI01Yes
Dec 20, 2012MI01Yes