Carrier profile · USDOT 5810 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

HERSHEY CREAMERY CO

DBA HERSHEY'S ICE CREAM

348 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 25 statesHARRISBURG, PA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshersheyicecream.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 3.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 160 vehicle and 294 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 3.3 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

276 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 17

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 348-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
348
Inspections · 24 mo
294
Annualized
≈147 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
13%
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 Driving83 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness11 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 136 total · 9 in 24 mo

136
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
49
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255033
2024100310
2023100310
2022100210
20219068
20206026
20195025
2018130213
2017110610
20164004
20157027
20131011
20121011
20114014
20102002
20091011
20082002
20073022
20063013
20051001
20042002
20031001
20022012
20014023
20003022
19991011
19982012
19973003
19961001
19952012
19941011
19931101
19923002
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 5, 2026NY03Yes
Dec 5, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 23, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 11, 2025PA01No
Feb 26, 2025ME01No
Jan 6, 2025NY01Yes
Oct 24, 2024LA00Yes
Sep 10, 2024MD00Yes
Aug 16, 2024NJ01Yes
Jul 24, 2024PA01Yes
May 21, 2024MA00Yes
May 15, 2024NJ02Yes
May 3, 2024MD00Yes
Apr 25, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 9, 2024MD00Yes
Jan 5, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 14, 2023MD00Yes
Oct 18, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 7, 2023MI00Yes
Jul 11, 2023GA01Yes
Jun 23, 2023PA01Yes
May 31, 2023IN00Yes
May 3, 2023TN01Yes
Apr 27, 2023MS00Yes
Mar 31, 2023NJ00Yes