Carrier profile · USDOT 338671 · MC-301418 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Gerald Clontz Trucking Inc

44 power unitsavg 11.1 yrRegional · 4 statesMIDLAND, NC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-301418 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 34.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 100 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 10.0 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

99 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 44-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
100
Annualized
≈50 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 96 total · 7 in 24 mo

96
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
45
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255045
20245025
20231001
20223033
20213013
20207037
20199069
20183003
20179049
20164023
20158057
20144024
20136036
20124014
20114004
20102012
20091011
20085024
20071011
20063023
20051001
20043013
19991001
19981111
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 2, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 8, 2025NC02Yes
Nov 25, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 10, 2025NC01Yes
Jun 19, 2025GA01Yes
Mar 17, 2025NC01Yes
May 8, 2024NC01Yes
Mar 19, 2024NC01Yes
Feb 27, 2024NC00Yes
Jan 25, 2024NC00Yes
Jan 25, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 22, 2023SC00Yes
Dec 12, 2022GA01Yes
May 24, 2022NC01Yes
Feb 4, 2022SC05Yes
Oct 18, 2021TN00Yes
Aug 4, 2021NC01Yes
Feb 22, 2021NC00Yes
Nov 2, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 26, 2020NC00Yes
Oct 6, 2020NC00Yes
Aug 17, 2020NC01Yes
Jul 23, 2020NC00Yes
May 7, 2020NC02Yes