Carrier profile · USDOT 707789 · MC-327035 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Salson Logistics Inc

262 power unitsavg 9.2 yrNational · 31 statesNEWARK, NJ81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-327035 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssalson.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 32.6%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 — 267 vehicle and 433 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.8% · 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 6.5 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

431 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 33

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 262-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
262
Inspections · 24 mo
438
Annualized
≈219 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving183 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance114 · 30 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance87 · 31 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance64 · 54 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 17 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance25 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

115 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

84ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
6False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 371 total · 24 in 24 mo

371
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
147
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
2025161816
2024110211
2023110411
2022200919
2021190617
2020181716
2019171815
2018170517
2017140614
2016151515
2015191819
20147037
2013110510
20127057
2011261922
20102001017
2009180518
2008161215
200711097
20065025
2005191817
2004130213
20038036
2002120410
20011011
20005014
19992022
19989168
19971001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2026FL01Yes
Apr 2, 2026MS00Yes
Feb 12, 2026MD01Yes
Nov 21, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 10, 2025NJ01Yes
Oct 30, 2025NJ01Yes
Sep 17, 2025NJ00Yes
Aug 1, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 28, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 10, 2025GA00Yes
May 15, 2025PA01Yes
May 8, 2025PA01Yes
Apr 24, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 23, 2025NJ00Yes
Mar 20, 2025NJ01Yes
Mar 5, 2025PA10Yes
Mar 4, 2025FL02Yes
Jan 19, 2025NJ00Yes
Jan 10, 2025NJ02Yes
Dec 10, 2024NY00Yes
Nov 6, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 25, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 13, 2024PA02Yes
Jul 17, 2024PA00Yes