Carrier profile · USDOT 49842 · MC-436429 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rahway Steel Drum Co Inc

10 power unitsavg 20 yrRegional · 4 statesCRANBURY, NJ74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-436429 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksrahwaysteeldrum.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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 28.0 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 10-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 19, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 25 total · 1 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20212002
20173012
20163012
20151011
20141001
20121001
20102012
20082011
20073003
20061001
20021011
20011011
19982012
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2025NJ00Yes
Sep 15, 2021NY00Yes
Aug 30, 2021NJ00Yes
Jun 28, 2017DE01No
Mar 15, 2017NJ00Yes
Jan 5, 2017NJ00Yes
Sep 2, 2016NJ01No
Jul 21, 2016NJ00Yes
Jan 5, 2016CT00Yes
Mar 21, 2015NJ02Yes
Nov 21, 2014NJ00Yes
Nov 6, 2012NJ00Yes
Oct 22, 2010NJ00Yes
May 26, 2010NJ01Yes
Sep 8, 2008OH01No
Feb 13, 2008NY00Yes
Aug 8, 2007NJ00Yes
Apr 27, 2007NJ00Yes
Apr 27, 2007PA00Yes
May 24, 2006PA00Yes
Jan 24, 2002NJ01Yes
Jan 23, 2001NJ01Yes
Dec 18, 1998PA01Yes
Dec 18, 1998PA00Yes
Nov 3, 1995NJ00Yes