Carrier profile · USDOT 949781 · MC-588444 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CARAVAN INC

69 power unitsavg 8.2 yrRegional · 6 statesELIZABETH, NJ87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-588444 ACTIVERATED 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 10.8 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 7

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 69-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
69
Inspections · 24 mo
24
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
6%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 32 total · 9 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20255043
20242021
20235035
20212021
20203023
20192022
20182012
20172002
20161011
20142012
20111011
20101011
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026NJ00Yes
May 13, 2026NJ02Yes
Mar 10, 2026CT00Yes
Sep 23, 2025NJ01No
Jul 15, 2025NJ00Yes
Jul 9, 2025NJ01Yes
May 28, 2025NJ01Yes
Apr 3, 2025NJ01No
Oct 16, 2024NJ01Yes
May 7, 2024NJ01No
Nov 1, 2023NJ00Yes
Oct 25, 2023NJ04Yes
Apr 6, 2023PA02Yes
Mar 31, 2023NJ01Yes
Feb 20, 2023CT00Yes
Jun 8, 2021CT01No
May 4, 2021MA03Yes
Oct 26, 2020NJ01Yes
Sep 28, 2020NJ00Yes
May 1, 2020NJ01Yes
May 21, 2019NJ03Yes
Mar 19, 2019NJ01Yes
Aug 17, 2018PA01Yes
Jun 14, 2018NJ00Yes
Nov 24, 2017NJ00Yes