Carrier profile · USDOT 674147 · MC-434921 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC

88 power unitsavg 11.1 yrRegional · 7 statesNEWARK, NJ74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-434921 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 50.0%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 — 52 vehicle and 67 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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.

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 88-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
88
Inspections · 24 mo
67
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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 Driving64 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance64 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 4 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251001
20242022
20231001
20222102
20213013
20192012
20181011
20172012
20151001
20102012
20093013
20082002
20071001
20063003
20051001
20041011
20032011
20021001
19981010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026NJ01Yes
Jan 8, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 5, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 2, 2024NJ01Yes
Jan 19, 2024NJ01Yes
Apr 10, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 30, 2022CT10Yes
Nov 22, 2022NJ00Yes
Nov 23, 2021NY00Yes
Jun 8, 2021NJ01Yes
Apr 13, 2021NJ00Yes
Dec 12, 2019NJ00Yes
Nov 25, 2019NJ01Yes
Aug 2, 2018PA01Yes
Oct 5, 2017NJ01Yes
Sep 25, 2017NJ00Yes
Nov 23, 2015NJ00Yes
Oct 11, 2010NJ00Yes
Jul 23, 2010NJ01Yes
Jul 30, 2009NJ00Yes
Jun 2, 2009PA01Yes
Jan 12, 2009PA00Yes
Feb 22, 2008NJ00Yes
Feb 12, 2008PA00Yes
Dec 10, 2007DE00Yes