Carrier profile · USDOT 866255 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

S BERTRAM INC

72 power unitsavg 2.8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesLINDEN, NJ94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkssbertram.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 7.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 51 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.4 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 7

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 72-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20243021
20231001
20202011
20191001
20182012
20161011
20151001
20142012
20102012
20093003
20051011
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 2, 2026NY03Yes
Nov 8, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 16, 2024NJ01No
Feb 2, 2024NY03No
Dec 13, 2023NY00Yes
Jul 10, 2020NY01No
Mar 31, 2020NY00Yes
Mar 28, 2019NJ00Yes
Mar 27, 2018NJ01Yes
Mar 6, 2018NY00Yes
Oct 20, 2016NY03Yes
Mar 5, 2015NY00Yes
Sep 15, 2014CT023Yes
Apr 8, 2014NY00Yes
Jul 2, 2010NY02Yes
Jan 8, 2010NJ00Yes
Jun 30, 2009NJ00Yes
Apr 28, 2009NJ00Yes
Apr 20, 2009NJ00Yes
Jul 13, 2005NY02Yes
Sep 8, 2003NY02Yes