Carrier profile · USDOT 536244 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Custom Bandag Inc

71 power unitsavg 12.9 yrRegional · 5 statesLINDEN, NJ88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkscustombandag.comFMCSA SAFER

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 18.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 12.3 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 71-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
71
Inspections · 24 mo
84
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Maintenance46 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness16 · 8 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 128 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 48 total · 4 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253003
20241001
20231001
20221001
20211011
20202012
20192002
20172012
20162012
20151001
20142002
20121011
20112002
20102012
20092012
20083013
20061001
20055025
20043003
20035043
20022012
19981001
19962021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 22, 2026NJ01Yes
Oct 17, 2025NJ00Yes
Oct 16, 2025DE00Yes
May 14, 2025NJ00Yes
Jun 19, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 21, 2023PA00Yes
May 12, 2022NY00Yes
May 26, 2021NY01Yes
Sep 3, 2020NJ00Yes
Jul 16, 2020NY03Yes
Jul 17, 2019NJ00Yes
Feb 20, 2019NJ00Yes
Aug 10, 2017NJ00Yes
Feb 13, 2017PA02Yes
Oct 18, 2016NY01Yes
Jan 19, 2016NJ00Yes
Dec 16, 2015NJ00Yes
Apr 24, 2014NJ00Yes
Jan 10, 2014NJ00Yes
Dec 7, 2012NJ01Yes
May 4, 2011NJ00Yes
Apr 28, 2011NJ00Yes
Sep 16, 2010NJ00Yes
Apr 3, 2010NJ01Yes
Sep 16, 2009NJ01Yes