Carrier profile · USDOT 507644 · MC-263324 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Grocery Haulers Inc

168 power unitsavg 5.1 yrMulti-region · 8 statesISELIN, NJ88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-263324 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 12.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 97 vehicle and 182 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.0% · 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 2.1 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

181 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 14

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 168-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
168
Inspections · 24 mo
182
Annualized
91 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
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 Driving61 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 267 total · 11 in 24 mo

267
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
117
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20258008
20246016
20237047
20229009
20217026
20207047
2019100610
20187047
20176025
20169139
20156026
20142012
20133103
20124004
20113023
20101901018
2009141413
20081921118
20071811017
200610139
20052001317
2004170614
20035035
2002120412
200111068
200010069
199912087
19985025
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 27, 2025NY00Yes
Oct 30, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 9, 2025NJ00Yes
Sep 16, 2025DE00Yes
Aug 1, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 31, 2025CT00Yes
Mar 6, 2025NY00Yes
Feb 17, 2025CT00Yes
Dec 8, 2024MD00Yes
Nov 23, 2024NY01Yes
Oct 8, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 14, 2024MA00Yes
Aug 7, 2024PA00Yes
May 1, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 11, 2023PA01Yes
Oct 12, 2023MA01Yes
Sep 18, 2023MA01Yes
Aug 11, 2023PA00Yes
Jun 22, 2023NY03Yes
Jun 16, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 23, 2023CT00Yes
Dec 27, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 27, 2022MD00Yes
Oct 23, 2022PA00Yes
Sep 19, 2022MA00Yes