Carrier profile · USDOT 576849 · MC-280482 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Wind Walker Express Inc

16 power unitsavg 12.5 yrRegional · 4 statesGIG HARBOR, WA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-280482 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 26.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 40.5 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 4

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
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
18 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
12No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 34 total · 1 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231011
20221001
20212012
20202012
20183003
20171101
20162102
20153113
20145025
20132002
20121001
20113003
20101001
20072102
20051001
19982002
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 23, 2025CO00Yes
Sep 27, 2023CO01Yes
Jun 13, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 28, 2021WA02Yes
Jul 27, 2021WA00Yes
Dec 15, 2020CO02Yes
Apr 16, 2020CO00Yes
Oct 3, 2018TX00Yes
Sep 4, 2018WA00Yes
Jun 14, 2018WA00Yes
Oct 23, 2017TX10Yes
Apr 28, 2016TX00Yes
Jan 20, 2016TX10Yes
Jul 19, 2015CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2015CA11Yes
Jun 25, 2015TX00Yes
Oct 10, 2014CO00Yes
May 21, 2014TX01Yes
May 13, 2014TX01Yes
Mar 17, 2014TX00Yes
Mar 16, 2014CA00Yes
May 28, 2013TX00Yes
Feb 1, 2013WA00Yes
Mar 22, 2012WA00Yes
Dec 13, 2011WA00Yes