Carrier profile · USDOT 27516 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bell Container Corporation

31 power unitsavg 10.3 yrRegional · 4 statesNEWARK, NJ94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 17.4%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 — 23 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 27.3 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 31-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 12, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 20 total · 4 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20251001
20243023
20231011
20221011
20211011
20193003
20181011
20173003
20122002
20111001
20091001
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 7, 2026NJ01No
Jul 14, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 9, 2024NJ01Yes
Nov 12, 2024PA03Yes
Jun 14, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 10, 2023NY02Yes
Feb 7, 2022NJ01Yes
Apr 5, 2021NY02Yes
Oct 29, 2019NJ00Yes
Oct 26, 2019NJ00Yes
May 8, 2019NJ00Yes
Sep 14, 2018NJ01Yes
Dec 8, 2017NJ00Yes
Jul 17, 2017NJ00Yes
Feb 27, 2017NY00Yes
Nov 12, 2012PA00Yes
Nov 12, 2012PA00Yes
Oct 6, 2011NY00Yes
Dec 14, 2009NJ00Yes
Oct 28, 1997NJ01Yes