Carrier profile · USDOT 1517306 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lafrieda Veal and Lamb Co Inc

DBA LAFRIEDA MEATS INC

45 power unitsavg 9.3 yrMulti-region · 11 statesNORTH BERGEN, NJ88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkslafrieda.comFMCSA SAFER

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 19.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 86 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 4.4 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
112
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
91%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance151 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 22 total · 2 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20233023
20222002
20211001
20202011
20194014
20181011
20171010
20161010
20151001
20143033
20131010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 23, 2025NJ02Yes
Oct 28, 2024MA00Yes
Dec 26, 2023NJ03Yes
Jul 6, 2023NJ01Yes
Mar 31, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 25, 2022MA00Yes
Jan 7, 2022CT00Yes
Mar 3, 2021NJ00Yes
Dec 3, 2020NY00Yes
Mar 7, 2020NY01No
Dec 5, 2019NY00Yes
Aug 15, 2019NJ00Yes
Jul 11, 2019CT03Yes
Apr 8, 2019CT00Yes
Apr 2, 2018NJ01Yes
Aug 4, 2017NJ01No
May 17, 2016NY01No
Mar 14, 2015NJ00Yes
Aug 1, 2014CT01Yes
Jul 18, 2014NY02Yes
Mar 11, 2014NJ01Yes
Mar 25, 2013NJ01No