Carrier profile · USDOT 2908332 · MC-979317 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

J&g Cruz Trucking LLC

13 power unitsavg 3.2 yrRegional · 4 statesUNION CITY, NJ94/100
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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 10.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 99 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 5.5 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

95 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 11

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
99
Annualized
≈50 / yr
Coverage
≈3.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
12%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving92 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 12 total · 2 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20232012
20201011
20191001
20183013
20172022
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2025NJ00Yes
Nov 5, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 10, 2023NJ00Yes
May 5, 2023NJ01Yes
Nov 30, 2020NJ01Yes
Jul 22, 2019NJ00Yes
Aug 13, 2018NJ00Yes
Jun 28, 2018NJ00Yes
Feb 27, 2018NJ06Yes
Dec 5, 2017NJ01Yes
Nov 20, 2017NJ01Yes
Dec 7, 2016NJ00Yes