Carrier profile · USDOT 1555890 · MC-742894 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

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1 power unitavg 8 yrRegional · 4 statesHAWTHORNE, NJ63/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-742894 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 41.7 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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

≈2.0 / 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: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

79%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

10.12measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

1False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 19 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	2	0	1	1
2018	2	0	2	2
2017	7	0	5	7
2014	3	0	2	3
2009	2	1	2	1
2008	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 13, 2022	NJ	0	0	Yes
Feb 21, 2020	NY	0	0	Yes
Jun 13, 2019	NY	0	1	No
May 31, 2019	NJ	0	0	Yes
Sep 24, 2018	DC	0	1	Yes
Mar 28, 2018	NJ	0	2	Yes
Dec 10, 2017	NY	0	1	Yes
Nov 25, 2017	NJ	0	1	Yes
Jul 31, 2017	NJ	0	2	Yes
Jul 27, 2017	NJ	0	2	Yes
Jun 12, 2017	NY	0	0	Yes
Jun 12, 2017	NJ	0	0	Yes
Jun 8, 2017	NJ	0	2	Yes
Jun 15, 2014	NJ	0	1	Yes
May 9, 2014	NJ	0	3	Yes
Mar 8, 2014	NJ	0	0	Yes
Nov 7, 2009	NJ	0	1	Yes
Mar 14, 2009	NJ	1	1	No
Nov 4, 2008	NJ	0	0	Yes