Carrier profile · USDOT 2461506 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Blue Bucket Trucking LLC

DBA BLUE BUCKET GROUP I LLC

42 power unitsavg 4 yrRegional · 4 statesPISCATAWAY, NJ90/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 1.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.3% · 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 5.2 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 42-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 120 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 3 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20243012
20233023
20211001
20202011
20191001
20181001
20171011
20161010
20152012
20142021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2025NJ01Yes
Sep 23, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 20, 2024NJ01No
Jan 26, 2024NJ00Yes
Jul 24, 2023NJ01Yes
Mar 24, 2023NJ00Yes
Mar 6, 2023NJ01Yes
Nov 1, 2021NY00Yes
Feb 28, 2020NY00Yes
Feb 7, 2020NY01No
Dec 3, 2019NJ00Yes
Jul 5, 2018NY00Yes
Dec 5, 2017NJ01Yes
Dec 5, 2016NY01No
Sep 24, 2015NJ01Yes
May 18, 2015NJ00Yes
Oct 6, 2014NY01No
May 15, 2014NJ01Yes