Carrier profile · USDOT 1958261 · MC-715968 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Valcom Inc

42 power unitsavg 9.7 yrRegional · 3 statesZILLAH WA, WA74/100
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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 41.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 138 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

51.9% · 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 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 10

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
138
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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 Driving79 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 10 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20245005
20224004
20211011
20201011
20191001
20182012
20172102
20141001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2025OR00Yes
Jan 21, 2025WA00Yes
Aug 30, 2024WA00Yes
Jul 30, 2024WA00Yes
Mar 12, 2024OR00Yes
Mar 11, 2024OR00Yes
Jan 16, 2024OR00Yes
Dec 30, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 19, 2022WA00Yes
Mar 9, 2022WA00Yes
Feb 18, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 6, 2021CA01Yes
Oct 8, 2020WA01Yes
Jun 27, 2019WA00Yes
Nov 23, 2018WA01Yes
Jan 18, 2018WA00Yes
Apr 5, 2017WA00Yes
Jan 19, 2017WA10Yes
Jan 27, 2014OR00Yes
Oct 4, 2013WA00Yes