Carrier profile · USDOT 1077521 · MC-449417 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JERSEY CARTAGE LLC

72 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 38 statesWEST DEPTFORD, NJ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-449417 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 12.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 83 vehicle and 137 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 7.1 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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 72-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
137
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.04measure
SMS · per-BASIC
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
32%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
5False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 83 total · 5 in 24 mo

83
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20246035
20231001
20222002
20212012
20203013
20195015
20184014
20175005
20167036
20152002
20144014
20134004
20126036
20117017
20103013
20093032
20083012
20076015
20062011
20051011
20042012
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026VA00Yes
Nov 18, 2025AZ00Yes
Apr 1, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 1, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 5, 2024LA00Yes
Jul 5, 2024NY01Yes
Jun 17, 2024PA01No
May 25, 2024NC00Yes
Feb 14, 2024MD00Yes
Jan 5, 2024NJ02Yes
Dec 7, 2023NJ00Yes
Dec 17, 2022MD00Yes
Dec 6, 2022NJ00Yes
Nov 30, 2021VA01Yes
Apr 27, 2021PA00Yes
Aug 4, 2020MD01Yes
Jun 1, 2020IA00Yes
May 4, 2020FL00Yes
Oct 16, 2019MD00Yes
May 24, 2019NY00Yes
Mar 16, 2019IN02Yes
Mar 7, 2019WY00Yes
Jan 30, 2019MA00Yes
Nov 14, 2018NC02Yes
Aug 18, 2018PA00Yes