Carrier profile · USDOT 470341 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dover Oil Company

0 power unitsavg 15.6 yrLocal · 1 statesSO TOMS RIVER, NJ94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksdoveroilcompany.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 10.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 64 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.3% · 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 12.1 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

64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther3 · 1 OOS
  • 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 95 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 2 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20231001
20201010
20192012
20181001
20171011
20161010
20141011
20111001
20102002
20081001
20032012
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2025NJ00Yes
May 30, 2025NJ00Yes
Sep 22, 2023NJ00Yes
Aug 17, 2020NJ01No
Nov 25, 2019NJ03Yes
Mar 13, 2019NJ00Yes
Nov 27, 2018NJ00Yes
Feb 20, 2017NJ02Yes
Mar 1, 2016NJ01No
May 30, 2014NJ01Yes
Jan 10, 2011NJ00Yes
Apr 28, 2010NJ00Yes
Mar 5, 2010CA00Yes
May 16, 2008NJ00Yes
Nov 13, 2003NJ00Yes
Jun 24, 2003NJ03Yes
Mar 6, 1997NJ01Yes