Carrier profile · USDOT 1445326 · MC-740481 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mendez Trucking Inc

36 power unitsavg 4.2 yrRegional · 4 statesBELLEVILLE, NJ74/100
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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 56.9%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 — 144 vehicle and 193 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

56.5% · 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 28.9 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

189 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 18

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
≈2.7 / 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
36
Inspections · 24 mo
193
Annualized
≈97 / yr
Coverage
≈2.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance505 · 505 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving461 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 2 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 17 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 22, 2025. 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· 41 total · 2 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20244041
20231010
20222012
20215044
20204034
20194044
20184134
20174034
20166026
20153012
20143013
20111100
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 3, 2024NY01No
Sep 3, 2024NY01No
Aug 1, 2024NY01No
Feb 21, 2024NJ01Yes
Nov 17, 2023NJ01No
May 12, 2022NJ00Yes
Feb 11, 2022NY02Yes
Nov 10, 2021NY02No
May 20, 2021PA01Yes
May 3, 2021NY00Yes
Mar 3, 2021NJ01Yes
Feb 26, 2021NY01Yes
Oct 7, 2020NJ01Yes
Feb 18, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 31, 2020NY01Yes
Jan 13, 2020NY01Yes
Dec 11, 2019NY01Yes
Apr 3, 2019NJ01Yes
Feb 20, 2019NJ01Yes
Jan 31, 2019NJ01Yes
Jun 13, 2018NY01Yes
May 17, 2018NJ244Yes
Apr 23, 2018NJ00Yes
Apr 12, 2018NY01Yes
Jul 27, 2017NJ01Yes