Carrier profile · USDOT 713784 · MC-329000 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

Gerster Trucking Inc

19 power unitsavg 4.8 yrLocal · 2 statesDAVENPORT CENTER, NY100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-329000 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 7.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 11.2 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 49 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 37 total · 0 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20222112
20211010
20201011
20191011
20181011
20171111
20163003
20153022
20143013
20132002
20122002
20112002
20103103
20093003
20084014
20073013
20061011
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 30, 2022NY00Yes
May 26, 2022NY12Yes
Jun 20, 2021NY01No
Oct 7, 2020NY04Yes
Dec 19, 2019NY01Yes
Jun 14, 2018PA01Yes
Dec 29, 2017NY11Yes
Aug 22, 2016NY00Yes
May 27, 2016NY00Yes
Jan 15, 2016NY00Yes
Jun 21, 2015NY01No
Jun 10, 2015NY01Yes
Apr 25, 2015NY00Yes
Nov 21, 2014NY01Yes
Nov 17, 2014NY00Yes
Aug 15, 2014NY00Yes
Nov 5, 2013NY00Yes
Oct 17, 2013NY00Yes
Jul 9, 2012NY00Yes
May 18, 2012NY00Yes
Dec 30, 2011NY00Yes
Nov 19, 2011NY00Yes
Aug 26, 2010NY20Yes
Apr 18, 2010NY00Yes
Feb 4, 2010NY00Yes