Carrier profile · USDOT 2014310 · MC-709506 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Fond Du Lac Cold Storage LLC

DBA FDL EXPRESS

42 power unitsavg 6.9 yrRegional · 4 statesEDISON, NJ88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-709506 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 9.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 64 vehicle and 80 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 2.3 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 42-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness4 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 118 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 44 total · 4 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20252011
20243013
20221001
20212011
20201001
20195034
20187045
2017130813
20162012
20151011
20141011
20122012
20102002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026NJ02Yes
Feb 27, 2026NJ01Yes
Dec 2, 2025NY01No
Nov 19, 2025IL00Yes
May 22, 2024NJ00Yes
Apr 11, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 21, 2024IL02Yes
Oct 5, 2022NJ00Yes
Nov 2, 2021NY01No
Feb 23, 2021NJ00Yes
Jun 11, 2020NJ00Yes
Dec 20, 2019NJ00Yes
Nov 12, 2019NY01Yes
Oct 25, 2019NY00Yes
Sep 17, 2019NJ01Yes
Jul 31, 2019NY02No
Dec 3, 2018NY01No
Oct 18, 2018NJ02Yes
Aug 30, 2018NY01No
Aug 9, 2018NJ00Yes
Jul 20, 2018NJ00Yes
May 16, 2018NJ00Yes
Jan 10, 2018NY02Yes
Dec 1, 2017NJ02Yes
Oct 31, 2017NJ00Yes