Carrier profile · USDOT 447995 · MC-229088 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

P J Murphy Transportation Inc

9 power unitsavg 5.6 yrLocal · 2 statesHAVERHILL, MA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-229088 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 66.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 37.4 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 2

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
8
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
95%
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 Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 172.602 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 2 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251011
20231011
20221001
20211001
20201011
20191001
20182012
20172011
20101001
20041001
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026MA01Yes
Jan 9, 2025MA01Yes
Dec 29, 2023MA01Yes
Feb 26, 2022MA00Yes
Jan 31, 2021MA00Yes
Apr 17, 2020MA01Yes
Jan 8, 2019NH00Yes
Dec 21, 2018NH00Yes
Aug 21, 2018MA01Yes
Nov 30, 2017MA01No
Mar 31, 2017MA00Yes
Feb 15, 2010MA00Yes
Mar 21, 2004MA00Yes
Feb 1, 2001MA00Yes