Carrier profile · USDOT 2595914 · MC-942002 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Joel Trucking LLC

1 power unitavg 4.3 yrRegional · 4 statesEDGEWATER, NJ80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-942002 ACTIVE

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 70.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 61 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

71.4% · 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 4.5 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

61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 6

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
30.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
61
Annualized
31 / yr
Coverage
30.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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 Driving175 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance105 · 104 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 95 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 5 total · 1 in 24 mo

5
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20221011
20211011
20171001
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 5, 2025NJ00Yes
May 6, 2022NY01Yes
Dec 22, 2021PA01Yes
Jul 31, 2017NJ00Yes
Sep 1, 2016NJ04Yes