Carrier profile · USDOT 2206516 · MC-765638 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Direct Trucking Inc

17 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 16 statesWOODLAND PARK, NJ88/100
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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 6.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 31 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 34.7 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 5

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 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving24 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.42 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 20 total · 4 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251011
20241001
20223023
20213003
20194024
20181001
20162012
20152011
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 2, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 6, 2026NY02Yes
Jan 9, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 17, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 3, 2022MA01Yes
Jul 6, 2022PA01Yes
Jun 1, 2022KY00Yes
Dec 16, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 28, 2021DE00Yes
Feb 28, 2021NJ00Yes
Dec 1, 2019VA01Yes
Mar 29, 2019TX00Yes
Jan 23, 2019OH00Yes
Jan 9, 2019PA01Yes
Dec 4, 2018IL00Yes
May 31, 2016IN00Yes
Jan 29, 2016NJ01Yes
Nov 10, 2015IL00Yes
Aug 25, 2015OH01No
Jan 26, 2014PA02Yes