Carrier profile · USDOT 496591 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CEDAR HILL LANDSCAPING

DBA CEDAR HILL TOPSOIL

9 power unitsavg 16.7 yrLocal · 1 statesSOMERSET, NJ88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 8.7%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 27 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 2.8 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

26 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

.02measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

13%

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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 42 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2015	2	0	2	2
2012	1	0	1	1
2007	2	0	2	2
2005	2	0	2	2
2004	1	0	0	1
2001	1	0	1	0
1999	2	0	1	2
1997	1	1	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 25, 2025	NJ	0	1	Yes
Jun 13, 2022	NY	0	0	Yes
Oct 8, 2020	NJ	0	0	Yes
Oct 18, 2018	NJ	0	2	Yes
Aug 10, 2015	NJ	0	1	Yes
Jan 23, 2015	NJ	0	1	Yes
Oct 2, 2012	NJ	0	1	Yes
Aug 30, 2007	NJ	0	1	Yes
Jun 12, 2007	NJ	0	1	Yes
May 3, 2005	NJ	0	1	Yes
Apr 12, 2005	NJ	0	1	Yes
Sep 29, 2004	NJ	0	0	Yes
Mar 4, 2001	NJ	0	1	No
Apr 19, 1999	NY	0	1	Yes
Apr 5, 1999	NJ	0	0	Yes
May 13, 1997	NJ	1	2	No