Carrier profile · USDOT 331582 · MC-162207 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Plycon Van Lines Inc

DBA PLYCON TRANSPORTATION GROUP

41 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 27 statesKINGS PARK, NY94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-162207 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksplyconvanlines.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 15.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 87 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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 9.6 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

81 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 8

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
87
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Maintenance22 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
3False logs
7Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 61 total · 3 in 24 mo

61
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241011
20231001
20221001
20211001
20202002
20193013
20182012
20172012
20161010
20143003
20133022
20112021
20101011
20083003
20072012
20061010
20051001
20041010
20035015
20023013
20013023
20001001
19992012
19971001
19962021
19952012
19941001
19932002
19924001
19912021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 28, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 28, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 10, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 20, 2023CT00Yes
Sep 27, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 16, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 27, 2020NC00Yes
Jul 29, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 26, 2019NY02Yes
May 20, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 22, 2019KS00Yes
Sep 17, 2018OH00Yes
Sep 16, 2018UT02Yes
Nov 10, 2017AL00Yes
Jul 12, 2017PA01Yes
Feb 26, 2016FL01No
May 23, 2014MD00Yes
Apr 24, 2014FL00Yes
Mar 7, 2014AL00Yes
Nov 7, 2013CA00Yes
Oct 2, 2013NY03No
May 19, 2013NY02Yes
Dec 21, 2011CA01Yes
Oct 18, 2011CA01No
Sep 1, 2010NY01Yes