Carrier profile · USDOT 839198 · MC-360649 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Delta Automotive Services LLC

83 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 19 statesBOUND BROOK, NJ88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-360649 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 17.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 92 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 16.7 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

88 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 9

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 83-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
83
Inspections · 24 mo
92
Annualized
46 / yr
Coverage
0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving106 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 64 total · 5 in 24 mo

64
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251001
20243003
20237017
20225024
20214004
20204004
20197037
20188128
20172002
20161001
20152022
20143013
20132002
20121001
20101001
20091001
20083103
20073012
20062002
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026DE00Yes
Jun 17, 2026MD01Yes
Mar 27, 2026MD00Yes
Oct 5, 2025CT00Yes
Aug 25, 2024VA00Yes
Apr 11, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 5, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 12, 2023NJ00Yes
Sep 18, 2023NJ03Yes
Sep 8, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 28, 2023MD00Yes
May 22, 2023OH00Yes
Feb 15, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 6, 2023CT00Yes
Dec 23, 2022MD01No
Dec 15, 2022MD01Yes
May 9, 2022MD00Yes
Mar 13, 2022ME00Yes
Mar 2, 2022MD00Yes
Nov 22, 2021DE00Yes
Sep 13, 2021MD00Yes
Aug 23, 2021MD00Yes
Jan 31, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 22, 2020CT00Yes
Aug 5, 2020MD00Yes