Carrier profile · USDOT 189169 · MC-165964 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

KEYSTONE FREIGHT CORP

319 power unitsavg 8.6 yrNational · 26 statesLYNDHURST, NJ88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-165964 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 13.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 350 vehicle and 502 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.8% · 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 3.9 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

483 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 34

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 319-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
319
Inspections · 24 mo
503
Annualized
≈252 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving118 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 45 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance17 · 9 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 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.

33ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 661 total · 9 in 24 mo

661
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
19
Fatal
302
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254014
20244004
20236026
20224024
2021190617
2020150314
20198018
20182101019
2017211421
2016253923
20152901424
2014210921
2013141414
2012170316
2011160816
20102101119
2009200719
2008242621
20073321526
20062231117
20053531431
20043301332
20032801521
20023602130
20012621822
20003502032
19992121118
19982401623
19972401223
19962001418
19952001420
199410078
19932012
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 21, 2026WI00Yes
Dec 1, 2025NY02Yes
Sep 23, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 5, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 18, 2025CT00Yes
Oct 14, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 15, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 20, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 13, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 12, 2023NJ00Yes
May 5, 2023NJ00Yes
Apr 28, 2023NY01Yes
Jan 20, 2023CA02Yes
Dec 30, 2022NY01Yes
Nov 4, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 16, 2022CA01Yes
Oct 4, 2022NJ00Yes
Dec 30, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 24, 2021AZ00Yes
Dec 23, 2021CA01Yes
Dec 11, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 3, 2021CA00Yes