Carrier profile · USDOT 2876952 · MC-965561 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Williams Transportation Inc

85 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 29 statesGRETNA, NE88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-965561 ACTIVE
Verified linkswilliamstransport.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 14.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 246 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.7 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

241 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 15

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 85-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
246
Annualized
≈123 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving77 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
14False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 10 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258028
20243003
20231001
20223103
20216026
20202002
20194124
20182012
20171001
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026NM00Yes
Oct 4, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 27, 2025MO01Yes
Jul 26, 2025ID00Yes
Jul 9, 2025MO00Yes
May 12, 2025CA00Yes
May 8, 2025MO00Yes
Apr 28, 2025NE01Yes
Feb 5, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 21, 2024UT00Yes
Jun 21, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 17, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2023IA00Yes
Oct 29, 2022IA00Yes
May 12, 2022NE00Yes
Feb 3, 2022NE10Yes
Sep 18, 2021KS00Yes
Jul 4, 2021OK00Yes
May 25, 2021MO01Yes
May 12, 2021WY02Yes
Apr 27, 2021IL00Yes
Feb 18, 2021WY00Yes
Oct 21, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 4, 2020MO00Yes
Nov 3, 2019AR01Yes