Carrier profile · USDOT 1781070 · MC-1251951 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Direct Waste Services Inc

69 power unitsavg 9.6 yrLocal · 1 statesNEWARK, NJ74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1251951 ACTIVE
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

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

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

50.0% · 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 11.6 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 3

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

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 37 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 57 total · 4 in 24 mo

57
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252021
20244014
20232002
20225035
20213013
20183013
20172021
20163023
20155024
20148138
20136025
20126036
20111001
20106056
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 14, 2025NJ01No
Mar 18, 2025NJ01Yes
Dec 3, 2024NJ00Yes
Nov 21, 2024NJ01Yes
May 16, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 7, 2024NJ00Yes
Oct 12, 2023NJ00Yes
Jun 20, 2023NJ00Yes
May 9, 2022NJ01Yes
Apr 15, 2022NJ00Yes
Apr 6, 2022NJ01Yes
Feb 21, 2022NJ00Yes
Jan 8, 2022NJ02Yes
Nov 9, 2021NJ01Yes
Sep 20, 2021NJ00Yes
Mar 1, 2021NJ00Yes
Oct 10, 2018NJ00Yes
Mar 20, 2018NJ00Yes
Jan 26, 2018NJ01Yes
Nov 21, 2017NJ02No
Feb 22, 2017NJ01Yes
Dec 17, 2016NJ00Yes
Dec 16, 2016NJ01Yes
Feb 1, 2016NJ01Yes
Nov 23, 2015NJ00Yes