WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD
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
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 3
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
- 200
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 21
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 177.834 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 12, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 22 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2026 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2024 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2020 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2019 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2019 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2018 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2015 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2014 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2012 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2005 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2005 | WI | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2004 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2004 | WI | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2002 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 1997 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 1996 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 1994 | WI | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 27, 1994 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |